Michael Hughes
www.michaelhughestraining.com
Courses (in-house)
Food Hygiene For Carers
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Food poisoning causes illness, distress, and sometimes death. Older people are particularly vulnerable yet food poisoning can be reduced in a number of simple ways.
This three-hour course is designed principally for carers who serve food to help them reduce the risk of food poisoning.
Food Hygiene for Carers
Three hours
Introduction / Refresher
Nurses and Carers
To enable staff to reduce the risk of food poisoning where they work.
Up to 15 students
- Prevalence of food poisoning
- The 'Four C's' of food hygiene
- Cooking and reheating issues
- Cleaning - personal / environmental
- Chilling and refrigeration issues
- Cross-contamination prevention
- Forms of contamination
- Bacteria growth factors
- Knowledge test
Lecture, group discussion and practical exercises.
Students are assessed on the basis of
their performance of the exercises and
in the summative test at the end.
- Care Standards Act regulations
- Skills for Care Induction Standards
- National Vocational Qualifications
- Food Standards Agency guidelines
- Attendance forms
- Course notes / handouts
- Knowledge tests
- Training records
- Feedback forms
- Certificates of Achievement
Dependent on your training needs.
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Michael Hughes MSc BSc(Hons) RN DipN ENB 998 ENB 978 Cert HPM FRSH FIHPE
Healthcare Training 75 Fortis Green Road, London N10 3HP Tel/Fax: 020 8883 5244
This course description is not a contract and content may change due to changes in practice.