NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency have created a toolkit of resources to raise awareness of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) prevention, symptom recognition and treatment which includes advice on how and when to seek help.
Infection Prevention and Control – An Introduction
This is a half-day Zoom webinar is for all staff that work in residential, day care or supported living services. It can be completed as part of an induction programme or as an update to previous learning.
The webinar covers basic knowledge of common infections, the risk of infection to vulnerable people in our community and staff responsibilities to prevent the spread of infection. Course: Infection Prevention and Control - An Introduction (learningpool.com)
To find the webinar, please log into the learning zone and search for
Infection Prevention and Control
This online learning module is relevant for new staff as part of an induction, as part of the Care Certificate – Standard 15, or for existing staff as a knowledge refresh. It will provide you with the knowledge and behaviours required to carry out your role and responsibilities in preventing the spread and risk of infection in your work or home environment.
It has been split into two parts:
• Part 1 – The Chain of Infection: this part will look at categories of infections, signs, and symptoms, how they are spread and who is at risk.
• Part 2 – Prevention and Control: This part will cover your responsibilities and steps you need to take in order to prevent and control infection.
Course: Infection Prevention and Control (learningpool.com)
Infection prevention and control in care homes: CQC have published the set of questions which they use to look at how well staff and people living in care homes are protected by infection prevention and control. The aim is to help providers prepare for the risk of a second wave and the impact of winter pressures. This tool also provides useful examples of what good practice looks like.
NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England have produced a quick reference guide to Infection prevention and Control supporting documentation. The documents detail links to IPC and COVID-19 guidance and training resources for healthcare settings.
HM Government has produced a short video on hand hygiene to prevent COVID-19 infection.
Skills for Care has published information on infection prevention and control in care homes, including a separate webinar question and answer session.
DHSC and UK Health Security Agency have issued Guidance for people previously considered clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19
Stop, Look, Care booklet and training
The Stop Look Care Project aims to improve the client’s experience of the care they receive by increasing care workers’ confidence in identifying the signs of deterioration in health and wellbeing and take the appropriate course of action to manage it quickly. Using the Stop Look Care booklet within your home will bring benefits to your clients, your staff and the care you provide. As winter approaches and the annual ‘flu season is complicated by Covid, the Stop Look Care booklet can provide a foundation for care staff to support residents.
A booklet entitled "Stop Look Care: Supporting you to deliver great care" is available for download. To order the paper copy of booklet for free, homes could email sesc.stoplookcare@nhs.net
Beyond Covid-19: Infection Prevention and Control for Extra Care, Supported Living and Domiciliary Care staff
The webinar looks beyond covid-19 with a greater focus on all infectious diseases, exploring how best to break the chain of infection and give practical application of precautionary measures and actions that carers who work in people’s own homes can take.
We hope that revisiting these basic principles of care will help staff transition through living with covid-19 to providing high level IPC care beyond.
The webinar content is as follows:
• Reminder of common community and key healthcare infections to include basic signs and symptoms and key routes of transmission
• Reminder of the chain of infection and discussion around where transmission can be broken (this will bring in many principles of basic IPC including hand hygiene, PPE, waste management and isolation)
• Investigate ways that IPC practice can be adapted to overcome the challenges of working within someone else’s home.
• Decontamination and cleaning
• Q&A sessions
Beyond COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control in specialist ASC sectors sessions can be accessed as a pre-recorded session through Eventbrite until the end of August.
Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) has developed a coronavirus programme of online learning resources. It is free to access for people working in the NHS, social care and independent sectors. The resources are organised by professional role.
HEE has also developed a number of information videos to support infection control.
ANTT (Aseptic Non Touch Technique) and Catheter care
Prepare to Administer an Injection
Prevention of Catheter-associated UTI (CAUTI)
Preventing the spread of infection
World Hand Hygiene Day 2025 – Protecting Lives Through Clean Hands
The 5th of May is World Hand Hygiene Day, reinforcing the critical role hand hygiene plays in preventing infections and safeguarding both staff and those in care. Good hand hygiene reduces the spread of harmful bacteria and viruses, protecting vulnerable individuals and maintaining high-quality care standards. Embedding The World Health Organization’s “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene”—before touching a resident, before clean/aseptic procedures, after exposure to bodily fluids, after resident contact, and after touching residents’ surroundings—are essential steps in reducing healthcare-associated infections.
This is an opportunity for carers to mark the day by refreshing training sessions, conducting fun staff challenges, or displaying posters as reminders of best practices. Encouraging a culture of continuous improvement through regular hand hygiene audits, easy access to handwashing facilities, and staff engagement initiatives can drive lasting change. By making hand hygiene a shared priority, carers can enhance safety, improve confidence in care settings, and help create a healthier environment for everyone.
You and your colleagues can register for a free webinar, on the 8th of April 2025 hosted by The World Health Organization, Warming up for World Hand Hygiene Day
Hand Hygiene posters to download:
How to handwash?
How to handrub?
Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene
