Infection Prevention and Control Training Course Infection Control, Certified Across Ireland

An infection needs no tools, no ladder and no machinery to hurt someone at work: a single contaminated hand, surface or sneeze is enough to move it through an entire team. The workplaces most at risk, healthcare, care, cleaning, food and animal work, are exactly the ones where one missed control touches the most people. The course takes that risk apart step by step, then shows you the controls that remove it. This course treats infection the way the HSA and HPSC do: as a chain with links you can break before anyone gets sick. Four modules move from what infection prevention and control means and the duties the 2005 Act and the Biological Agents Regulations 2013 and 2020 create, through the chain of infection itself, its sources, links and the workers most exposed, into the controls that carry the load: risk assessments, safe cleaning, spill kits, waste disposal and outbreak management, before finishing with the personal defences used every hour of every shift: hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene and personal protective equipment. Real scenarios and clear photographs carry every lesson.

Biological Agents Regs is the short answer. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations 2013 and 2020 deal specifically with exposure to bacteria, viruses and other agents at work: employers must assess the risk, prevent or control exposure and train the people affected, which makes infection control a named legal duty, not good practice. Our course is written directly against that wording, which is why it satisfies the duty rather than merely gesturing at it.

Anybody whose work brings a risk of infection: healthcare professionals, care assistants and home carers, hospital and care home support staff, cleaners and housekeeping teams, kitchen and food handling staff, laboratory workers, veterinary staff, kennel and cattery workers, farm workers, refuse and waste operatives, tattooists, acupuncturists and beauticians, and the owners, managers and supervisors responsible for all of them. No previous experience or qualifications are needed.

The Infection Prevention and Control Training Course is €35.00 per person, and that is the full price. Team bookings get a volume discount applied automatically, and any 5 different courses cost just €100 flat (except our premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses, which keep their own price), with one invoice and one account for all your records.

Yes, the whole course is online and works on any phone, tablet or laptop. There is no classroom day and no fixed start time: register, log in and begin the Infection Prevention and Control Training Course whenever it suits you, at home or on a break at work. Progress saves automatically as you go.

About 1-2 hours, and you do not have to do it in one sitting. Progress saves as you go, so you can stop after a lesson and pick it back up on another device. Your certificate is ready to download the moment you pass.

You download your Infection Prevention and Control Training Course certificate as a PDF the moment you pass the exam, day or night. It shows your name, the course, the date and a verification link, so an employer or inspector can confirm it in seconds. A copy stays in your account whenever you need to print it again.

Renewal is recommended every three years, or sooner if your duties, workplace or the infection risks around you change. We track the date for you and send a reminder before it lapses, so no certificate in your team expires without anyone noticing. The refresher is the same short online course, so staying compliant never costs a working day.

Nothing bad. You can retake the exam as many times as you need at no extra cost, and you can revisit any lesson before trying again. Most learners pass first time, because the questions test exactly what the course just taught.

This course is assessed by examination rather than by a practical, because the competence it builds is judgement rather than technique. You get unlimited attempts at the exam, at no extra cost.

Yes, and the platform is built for it. One company account covers every employee, shows you at a glance who has finished and who has not, stores every certificate in one place and gives you a single invoice for the lot. Group bookings get the volume discount applied automatically in your cart, and any 5 different courses cost just €100 flat (except our premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses, which keep their own price).

They do. We are an official accredited provider and the certificate carries a verification link an inspector can check in seconds. It is accepted by employers in Ireland, the UK and across the EU, and behind it stand our accreditations: HSA Compliant, QQI Assessed, CPD and RoSPA Accredited.

Infection at work from every angle, across four modules: what infection prevention and control means, why it matters in every workplace and the duties the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Biological Agents Regulations 2013 and 2020 create; how infections spread through the chain of infection, the sources and types of infection and the job roles most at risk; how to control the risks through infection risk assessments, hazardous substances awareness, safe cleaning practices, spill kits, waste disposal and outbreak management; and the personal defences that stop infections daily: hand hygiene done properly, respiratory and cough hygiene, and choosing, wearing and removing personal protective equipment safely. Two video lessons, on the chain of infection and on hand hygiene, tie the key skills together.

Section 8 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 obliges every employer to provide the information, instruction, training and supervision needed for safe work, and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) Regulations 2013 and 2020 add specific duties wherever workers can be exposed to biological agents such as bacteria and viruses. Wherever a risk assessment identifies infection hazards, in healthcare, care, cleaning, food, laboratory or animal work, training staff to recognise and control those hazards is how the employer meets both duties. This course is built to satisfy exactly that requirement.

There are 15 multiple choice questions drawn from all four modules, each with three answer options. The pass mark is 75 percent, which means 12 correct answers out of 15. The test has no time limit, retakes are free and unlimited, and the certificate is generated the moment you pass.

Immediately after passing. The certificate lands in your email automatically and stays available on the Certificates page of your account, complete with a unique code any employer or inspector can verify online. Most learners finish the whole course in a single sitting of 1 to 2 hours.

Yes. The course looks at the infections that actually move through Irish workplaces: norovirus in hospitals, care homes and schools, foodborne infections such as campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, infections carried by animals, and respiratory infections including COVID-19 and flu. Because the training targets the chain of infection itself rather than any single virus, the same controls, hygiene, PPE, cleaning and risk assessment, protect your workplace against the next outbreak too, and the course closes with the additional steps and adaptations used when managing an outbreak.

Anyone whose working environment or job role exposes them to infection risk: healthcare professionals and care assistants, hospital and care home support staff, cleaners and housekeeping teams, kitchen and food handling staff, laboratory workers, veterinary, kennel and cattery workers, farm workers, refuse operatives, tattooists, acupuncturists and beauticians, and the managers and supervisors who assess the risks and plan the work.

Yes. The course is 100 percent online, so a care assistant in Donegal gets exactly the same accredited training and recognised certificate as a hospital cleaner in Dublin. Start on any device, pause whenever the shift interrupts and pick up where you left off; your progress saves automatically and the certificate is accepted across Ireland, the UK and the EU.

Use the free Employer Dashboard: enrol your care staff, cleaners or kitchen team in bulk, assign the Infection Prevention and Control Training Course to each one, follow live progress and collect every certificate from a single screen. Discounts apply automatically at checkout with no codes: 15 percent off any 3 different courses, 10 percent off 10 or more courses, 20 percent off 50 or more, and any 5 different courses for a flat 100 euro (excludes the premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses).