Overview
Keep yourself and loved ones safe from infection
COVID-19 has shown us how quickly infection can spread and the importance of keeping our loved ones safe. Infection Prevention and Control of Caregivers and Families is a free online, self-paced course that helps you acquire skills and knowledge for managing the prevention and control of infection.
- Course content recognized by healthcare professionals and associations across Canada
- Learn best practice techniques in infection control to use at home and in community settings, such as hospitals and long-term care settings
- Designed for the sole purpose of supporting and empowering family caregivers with valuable knowledge and skills
Register today!
McMaster Continuing Education wishes to thank The Ontario Caregiver Organization and Healthcare Excellence Canada for their support of the Infection Prevention and Control of Caregivers and Families course.
This course is designed for the sole purpose of supporting and empowering family caregivers. The skills and knowledge learned are meant to benefit caregivers in any way they choose. This course is not connected to or affiliated with the Essential Family Caregiver designation or any other requirements to access any health care setting.
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Program highlights Learn More
- Best practices for avoiding infections
- Wide variety of helpful resources
- Earn a Certificate of Completion to recognize your achievement
Infection Prevention and Control of Caregivers and Families program features:
- Free self-paced, fully online course
- Work through the learning modules at your own pace
- Ideal for caregivers and family members
- Valuable resource for healthcare practitioners and essential service workers

What you'll learn Learn More
- Proper hand hygiene
- Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
- How to sanitize your environment
Through our Infection Prevention and Control of Caregivers and Families program, you’ll learn:
- Important terms and concepts, such as infection and germs
- Proper hand hygiene, including handwashing best practices
- Why Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including masking, is important
- Environmental cleaning to sanitize and protect
- How to navigate infection realities during the pandemic and beyond
Learn more about the Infection Prevention and Control of Caregivers and Families program
- Caregivers and family members with limited knowledge of infection prevention
- Experienced caregivers looking to brush up on their skills
- Healthcare practitioners and essential service workers looking for a valuable resource on infection prevention and control
While this course is not connected to or affiliated with, the Essential Family Caregiver designation or any other requirements to access any healthcare setting, it offers caregivers and their families:
- Knowledge and skills to use in any way they choose
- Support and empowerment
- Confidence to manage their roles as caregivers in the face of infection threats
Fill out the form to register. Make sure to click "Submit" when done.
Click here to register for the Infection Prevention and Control of Caregivers and Families course!
Course end date is Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
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I feel very strongly that McMaster Continuing Education can really help you reinvent your career. I found that the Business Administration program was really the best fit for me, because the learning that I was able to take in through this program was really cutting edge and current to the labour market. The learning that I took on is something I use every day.
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“The instructors worked in the marketing field and taught us real-life experiences.”
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