Level 2 Award in Hygiene

In the UK over a million people are employed as carers and millions more provide informal care and support for relatives and friends.

The Department of Health has drawn up a code of practice acknowledging that everyone involved in care provision needs training to tackle the risk of Health Acquired Infection (HCAI).

This new CIEH qualification is designed as an introduction to hygiene and ensure that vulnerable people are not exposed to unnecessary risks. It will help everyone, including those in private and voluntary health care sectors, to play their part in maintaining a clean and safe environment.

Who needs this qualification?

This is for employees who have already received basic health and safety training and would benefit from additional focused training in hygiene hazards and controls. This would include carers and others who provide cleaning and support services in a broad range of contexts, for example:

Benefits

• Provides knowledge necessary to prevent spread of infection in care environments
• The first and only qualification of its kind in the market
• Provides knowledge and understanding of:
  • good hygiene practice
  • hygiene hazards and risks can be controlled
  • the importance of good personal hygiene
  • the importance of high hygiene standards and cleaning
• Successful candidates will gain exemption from attending part of the CIEH Level 2 Award in Health and Social care

Subjects covered

Learning Outcomes

This qualification delivers heightened awareness of the realities of health and social care practice and guides employees in applying knowledge of good hygiene to ensure that patients and clients are treated in a safe, clean environment. On completing this qualification candidates will be able to:

• understand the terminology used in good hygiene practice
• understand the concepts of hygiene hazards and how the risks can be controlled
• understand the importance of good personal hygiene
• recognise the need for high standards of hygiene and the importance of cleaning

Assessment

Multiple-choice examination

In-house courses are available throughout the UK for groups of up to 20 candidates.

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