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PPE in Health and Social Care

The PPE in Health and Social Care Course helps learners understand appropriate PPE selection, infection prevention, safe donning and...
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Overview

The PPE in Health and Social Care CPD course provides essential knowledge and awareness of the appropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) within health and social care environments. Health and social care staff may be exposed to blood, body fluids, infectious agents, contaminated materials, cleaning chemicals and other workplace hazards. Appropriate selection and use of PPE can help reduce exposure and support effective infection prevention and control practices.

Why this Training Matters for your Organisation
Providing staff with appropriate understanding when This training can help your organisation to:PPE may be required, which types of PPE may be appropriate for different tasks, how to put on and remove PPE safely, and how PPE should be handled and disposed of after use.
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for:
  • prove staff understanding of the correct use of PPE
  • Strengthen infection prevention and control awareness
  • Reduce the risk of cross-contamination and exposure to infectious materials
  • Help staff understand when different types of PPE may be required
  • Promote correct procedures for putting on and removing PPE
  • Reinforce effective hand hygiene alongside PPE use
  • Improve awareness of safe PPE disposal and waste management
  • Support safer working practices across health and social care settings
  • Help protect staff, service users, residents and visitors
  • Improve staff confidence when responding to infection-related risks
  • Support consistent PPE practices across teams and departments
  • Strengthen your organisation's overall health, safety and infection-control culture
  • Support ongoing staff training and professional

Certification, CPD, and Records

LCPS provides downloadable certificates, dashboards, and corporate reporting that offer evidence of workplace training. This supports visibility over completion and assists in maintaining trustworthy staff development records. The course is CPD Certified, contributing to verifiable professional development for the workforce while also facilitating employers to establish the standard of training delivered

Course Content and Learning Outcomes

  • Explain where PPE sits within the hierarchy of control and why it never substitutes for hand hygiene, cleaning, safe sharps handling or ventilation.
  • Identify the duties placed on employers and workers by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the PPE at Work Regulations 1992 as amended in 2022, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and COSHH 2002.
  • Apply a point-of-care risk assessment to select the minimum effective PPE for a stated care task.
  • Distinguish droplet from airborne transmission and justify the use of a surgical mask, an FFP3 respirator or a powered hood.
  • Evaluate the fit and human factors that determine whether PPE is worn properly, including fit testing, facial hair, sizing and wearing time.
  • Select the correct doffing sequence for a given set of items and explain why doffing is the highest-risk part of the episode.
  • Apply the duty to provide PPE free of charge to bank, agency and limb (b) workers, and explain the supply disciplines behind it.
  • Identify what must be reported under RIDDOR after an occupational exposure and what records a regulated care service should keep.

Duration and Delivery

The course is offered online and can be completed in nearly 2 to 3 hours. Its short, flexible structure makes it appropriate for staff training without substantial distraction to daily activities. There is the possibility for the course to be modified in accordance with the client, including amendments to its name.

Assessment and Completion

Students complete a 20-question multiple-choice evaluation at the conclusion of the course. A pass mark of 80% is needed, and marks are automatically provided with quick feedback. There is no maximum on how many times the assessment can be repeated to accomplish a pass, with no extra charge.

Team and Company Bookings

Considering training numerous employees? Organisations can use a company account to register employees.
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  • Book for your team to support organisation-wide PPE in Health and Social Care
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