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Infection Prevention and Control – Aged Care Quality Standard 3
Learn how to identify symptoms, common preventative measures, and proper protocol surrounding outbreaks of infection
Aged Care Learning Solutions
Updated May 25, 2025
What you'll learn
- Describe your workplace health and safety responsibilities relating to infection control
- Understand the components for infection transmission
- List the signs and symptoms of common infections for older people
- List the risk factors for infection transmission
- List the main actions for influenza outbreak
- List the main actions for a gastroenteritis outbreak
- State the risk prevention measures for common infections
- Explain what is meant by standard precautions
- Explain and demonstrate correct hand hygiene techniques
- List types of personal protective equipment and their uses
- Meet your responsibilities for reporting potential infectious diseases
- Apply the information on worker health to your safety and the safety of others
- Outline the safe disposal of sharps and waste
Course Description
This course covers the following:
- Workplace health and safety responsibilities
- Infection transmission and risk factors
- Signs and symptoms of common infections for older people
- Influenza outbreak response
- Gastroenteritis outbreak response
- Preventative measures
Audience
This learning activity is for Aged Care workers
