Description

This Pandemic Awareness Training online course looks at how pandemics and epidemics are spread and the potential risks in the workplace as well as how to protect yourself from being infected, using a combination of text, images, video and interactive content.

It includes the latest health advice for Coronavirus as well as the symptoms to look out for and what to do if you think you’ve been infected. Crucially, it also provides a practical video on how to wash your hands.

In addition the course covers information on how viruses are transmitted and the control measures to take to reduce transmission and infection. It looks at high risk groups, isolation as well as the chain of infection.

Importantly, the online training course will help to minimise the impact to your business and staff. The information contained in the course provides advice on preventative measures and what to do if further action is required.

What topics are covered in this Pandemic Awareness online course?

• Description of the Coronavirus
• Proportionate measures
• How to stay safe – Hygiene advice
• Facts or fiction
• Symptoms
• What to do if you feel unwell
• Covid-19 advice
• Bulk buying – Fact or fiction
• Self-isolation advice
• Touching your face – fact or fiction
• The difference between an endemic, epidemic and pandemic
• Recent pandemics
• High risk groups
• Introduction to viruses
• Transmission
• Transmission from hard surfaces
• Handwashing
• Hygiene advice
• Flu vaccinations
• Treating symptoms
• Self-isolation
• Face masks advice
• The chain of infection
• Controls
• Incubation and infection
• Sources of information