Infection Control and Prevention Basics for Healthcare Workplaces canada

Infection Control and Prevention Basics for Healthcare Workplaces (Canada) is an online training course designed to help healthcare workers prevent the spread of microorganisms (germs) in any care environment—clinics, hospitals, long-term care, home care, dental offices, and community settings. Infections can spread quickly through hands, surfaces, equipment, droplets, and contact with blood and body fluids. This course explains how transmission happens and teaches practical, day-to-day infection prevention and control (IPAC) actions you can use at work to protect clients/patients/residents, coworkers, and yourself. 

You’ll learn Canada-aligned foundational concepts such as the chain of transmission, point-of-care risk assessment, and the core elements of Routine Practices and Additional Precautions used in healthcare settings.  The course emphasizes key routines that reduce healthcare-associated infection risk, including hand hygiene (recognized as the most important practice to prevent infections in healthcare settings), appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE), and infection control strategies that support safer care. 

Routine practices are based on the principle that blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, mucous membranes, non-intact skin, and soiled items may be infectious—so consistent precautions matter, even when infection isn’t suspected.  By the end, learners will be better prepared to recognize common exposure risks, choose safer actions, and follow workplace infection prevention expectations in a wide range of Canadian healthcare workplaces.