Infection Control and Bloodborne Pathogens

When you provide care to someone who is ill there is a risk that germs could spread and you could become ill, too. The person you are caring for needs protection against germs as well. Without good infection control, they could become even more ill.
Infections can be life-threatening. For these reasons, understanding and implementing infection control principles is essential to safe home care.
In this program, you will learn what causes infection, how germs are spread and what you can do to maintain healthy home care conditions both for yourself and the care recipient.