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Infection Prevention & Control in Aesthetics
Hand hygiene, aseptic technique, sharps, waste and the clinic environment, applied to aesthetic treatment rooms.
About this course
Infection prevention is the quiet foundation of safe aesthetics. This course takes the standard principles of infection control and applies them to what actually happens in a treatment room: skin preparation, aseptic non-touch technique, single-use items, sharps handling, decontamination and clinical waste.
It is written for aesthetic settings in the UK, including the expectations that local authorities, insurers and inspection frameworks place on premises and practitioners.
Who it is for: Every practitioner and every member of clinic staff.
What you will be able to do
- Explain the chain of infection and how each link is broken in practice.
- Apply correct hand hygiene, glove use and personal protective equipment.
- Prepare skin and equipment using aseptic non-touch technique.
- Handle and dispose of sharps and clinical waste correctly.
- Set up, clean and audit a treatment room to a defensible standard.
Course content
1.Principles of infection control
- The chain of infection
- Hand hygiene and PPE · knowledge check
2.In the treatment room
- Aseptic non-touch technique and skin preparation
- Sharps, spillages and clinical waste
- Cleaning, disinfection and single-use items · knowledge check
3.Premises, policy and audit
- Room set-up and environmental standards
- Policies, training records and audit · knowledge check
4.Final assessment
Pass mark 80%. Academy certificate on passing with every lesson complete.
The Beauty Aesthetics Academy is an Approved Provider with The CPD Group (#779331). Provider status is separate from the accreditation of an individual course; this course: cpd accreditation planned.
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The practical courses below build on what you learn here.
