Online Dental Infection Control Level 2 (VTQ) Certification

Improve Your Infection Control Skills. This course is tailored to those working in a Dentists Surgery.

CPD Certified Provider of Training Excellence Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Dental Infection Control Level 2 (VTQ) at a Glance

  • 1-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 1 hour and 58 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • Certified CPD time credit conformation
  • SCORM Ready! Integrates with your LMS
  • Includes manual & other downloads
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
£24.95 + VAT

If you are working in the dentistry industry, you will need to have an understanding of many different aspects of infection control to keep you and your clients safe. Blood Bourne Pathogens can be spread with needles and other items of equipment you use and there is a requirement to have basic training in correct infection control technique.

This CPD course meets the criteria for the GDC’s development outcomes C.

This course covers the possible dangers that you could come across and how with basic good practice you will keep safe and increase the trust with your clients.

If you require a classroom course, we can adapt this course to your requirements and add other courses like Basic Life Support for Dentists and teach them both on the same day. 

  • Dentists
  • Dental Nurses
  • Employees in Dental practices
  • Dental students
  • Dental Hygienist
  • Technicians 
  • Practice managers

This course comes with 3.0 hrs (4.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 1 hour and 58 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

For full details of the contents of our online course please visit our Infection Control for Dentist training site.

Aim

To provide an update on the latest developments within infection prevention and control guidelines and consider current prevention measures in practice.

Objectives

  • Describe what a healthcare-associated infection is and how these infections spread
  • Understand the impact of healthcare-associated infections on patients, and the dental professional’s duty of care to patients in the workplace that can prevent the spread
  • Describe best practice measures for infection prevention, and update workplace protocols accordingly

Learning content

This training session is intended to create an understanding of the need to apply effective infection prevention and control measures in the dental setting and reduce potential risk factors to both patients and members of the dental team. This training session is intended to create an understanding of the need to apply effective infection prevention and control measures in the dental setting and reduce potential risk factors to both patients and members of the dental team.

Development outcomes

This CPD course meets the criteria for the GDC’s development outcomes C

Course contents

  • Introductory Infection Control Training
  • What are Blood Borne Pathogens?
  • Infection Control Legislation
  • Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) regulations 2013
  • Dental Practice Infection Control Policy
  • The Chain of infection
  • Types of Blood-Borne Diseases
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Hepatitis B Virus
  • Hepatitis C Virus
  • Skin Diseases
  • Other Viruses
  • Infection and Work Practice Controls
  • Contaminated Objects
  • Cross Infection
  • Indirect Cross-Contamination
  • Reducing Risk
  • Surface Cleaning
  • Body Fluid Cleanup Procedures
  • Hazardous Disposal Procedures
  • Glove Removal and Disposal
  • Pandemic PPE
  • Hand Hygiene
  • Exposure Incident
  • Safe Injection Practices
  • Medical and Dental Waste Products
  • Infection control kits
  • Testing and Counselling
  • How to use face shields
  • Waterless hand gels
  • Student Manual (V8.3) - Infection Control
  • PHE Additional Considerations of COVID-19 Poster
  • CDC Facial Hair and FFP3 Respirators
  • COVID19 - Guidance Employers and businesses
  • CQC website link
  • Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
  • Clean hand techniques leaflet
  • Cleaning colour coding in the NHS poster
  • Colour Coding in hospitals leaflet
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
  • Dental Medical Requirements leaflet
  • Dental kit leaflet
  • Department of Health Guidelines HTM 0.05 (decontamination in primary care dental practices)
  • Find a classroom course locally
  • Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
  • First Aid and Social Distancing poster
  • Free student first aid program leaflet
  • Government Advice: Best Practice Hand Rub
  • Government Advice: Best Practice Hand Wash
  • Government Advice: Best Practice Management of Blood and Bodily Fluid Spillages
  • HSE 5 steps to Risk Assessing link to HSE website
  • HSE guide to COSHH
  • HSE guide to PPE
  • HSE report on the equivalence of N95 and FFP2 masks and other PPE in relation to COVID 19
  • Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013
  • Link to the HSE website
  • NHS Choices Web link
  • Nilaqua Hand Wash leaflet
  • Oxygen and Analgesic gases from ProTrainings
  • PHE Recommended PPE for Ambulance Staff Paramedics First Responders and Pharmacists Poster
  • PHE Recommended PPE for Healthcare Workers By Secondary Care Clinical Context Poster
  • PHE Recommended PPE for Primary Outpatient and Community Care By Setting Poster
  • PHE Visual Guide to PPE
  • ProTrainings Face Mask and Washing Hands leaflet
  • Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
  • Routine Decontamination of Reusable Non-Invasive Equipment
  • Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
  • Step by Step Guide to COSHH HSE Guide - Link to HSE website
  • The Green Book has the latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures, for vaccine preventable infectious diseases in the UK.
  • Using disposable respirators - HSE poster
  • Visit the First Aid Show free for first aid and medical videos
  • Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding

What People are Saying

“The quality is very good, all the information is very necessary.”

- judith, Dentist (DDS/DMD) from Kent

“The course is covering various situations you can come across to contaminate your self also how you should acting when you have been exposed, covering diseases, hazardous waste, sharps, and lot more. The course was very comprehensive.”

- Lenka, Dental Nurse from London