Infection Prevention and You For relevant staff, contractors and other persons whose normal duties are directly or indirectly concerned with providing care (ie. Nursing staff, medical staff, social care staff, housekeeping staff, etc).

Infection Prevention and You This training needs to be completed on the National Skills Academy (NSA) Health E-learning platform (previously named Skills for Health e-learning), where you will be required to register with an account (if you do not have one already), you will then be able to sign into the website and undertake the training. If you have a Skills for Health username and password please use these details. The reason for using an external site to complete this course is because the completion of this course is a significant requirement across the whole of the NHS and is therefore completed to national standards. The following Slides will show you how to create an account or how to retrieve your password or details with the National Skills Academy .

You may then be required to complete the course again. Important Note You must complete the entire course and view all slides. Upon completing the course, you must go back to the OLM page and complete the test. Information Link to external website where the course content is hosted Click here to complete the test Please Note: If you do not complete the test, you will not be marked as having completed and passed this course. You may then be required to complete the course again.

Log in using your username and password (if you already have an account). Please note that this is not the same as your OLM login details. You can also contact the NSA E-mail: elearning@nsahealth.org.uk Telephone: 0844 770 3770 for further assistance with access or click the forgotten username or password *Not for IT related problems

Click here to create a new account

Complete those areas highlighted in red

Select East of England, this will open a new “drop down” menu Scroll down the menu to SEPT and select your appropriate role

Click create new account, you will then receive a confirmation e mail to say that your account is live and you will be able to log in. Please Note: you only need to do this the first time you use the website. Once you have signed into the website select the Infection prevention Course from the list of courses offered and click start course this will launch the course At the end of the course there is an assessment which you are requested to complete. When you have done so you can close the webpage by clicking on the red cross in the right hand corner, this will then take you back to OLM

Go back to OLM… Please note Within OLM there is a small test that you must complete in order to evidence that you have undertaken the training, only then will your record be updated You must then click on the “Home” icon in the top right hand corner, this will then take you back to your learning content page. Please note The status will only change to complete when all circles are fully shaded. Please Note: If you do not complete the test, you will not be marked as having completed and passed this course. You may then be required to complete the course again.