Event details

Description

This brief informative session concerning communicable diseases, from mumps and measles to AIDs and hepatitis will provide advice on the issues concerning infection and the simple measures that can be taken to avoid the risk of infection.

What are the benefits?

The course provides advice on the issues concerning infection and the simple measures that can be taken to avoid the risk of infection.

Topics covered include:

*The main communicable diseases, the routes of transmissions and periods of infectivity.

*The specific actions to be taken and general good hygiene procedures to follow to reduce the risk of infection.

Who should attend?

The sessions are particularly aimed at those persons who work in student accommodation, for example cleaners, maintenance staff etc.

However, nominations will also be considered from those who have frequent regular contact with students.