The brief
What is this course, and who is it for?
This is a showcase course by Apollo Accreditation, the UK and EU course development and accreditation consultancy, built for care workers, healthcare assistants and housekeeping staff. It shows how we design for healthcare and care, and every activity below works in your browser.
The problem it solves
Care staff know hand hygiene matters. The gaps are in the timing: after the bed rail, before gloves go on, after they come off. A slide with the rules doesn't close those gaps.
A shift on screen, stopped at each decision, does. Based on the World Health Organization's five moments for hand hygiene, adapted to your own infection control policy.
What learners can do afterwards
- Name the five moments for hand hygiene and spot them during a shift
- Choose between alcohol hand rub and soap and water
- Put on and take off gloves without contaminating their hands
- Explain why gloves don't replace hand hygiene
The learners
Who takes it, and why do they finish?
- Who takes it
- Care workers, healthcare assistants and housekeeping staff
- Who usually buys it
- Registered manager, clinical lead or training coordinator
- Where they take it
- On a ward tablet or a phone during quieter moments of a shift
- Why they finish it
- Short modules fit between tasks, and the ward clip feels close to their own working day.
Try it
What does the engagement look like?
These are working copies of activities from the course. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Inside the course
What do learners see on screen?
Each activity part way through, as a learner sees it after the first choice.
Course map
How is the course structured?
Module by module, with the type of engagement in each and the time it takes.
| Module | What learners do | Engagement | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why hands matter | A short real-life story and the basics of how infection spreads | Story and flip cards, Level 1 | 8 |
| The five moments | Learn the moments and match them to everyday tasks | Matching, Level 2 | 10 |
| A shift on Ward 3 | Watch a shift and decide at each pause | Interactive video, Level 3 | 15 |
| Rub, wash and gloves | When to use which, and how to remove gloves safely | Quiz and sequencing, Level 2 | 12 |
About 45 minutes in total. Levels 1 to 4 are our four eLearning interaction levels. To see which level fits your own module, use the eLearning level finder.
Specification
What is in the specification?
| Who takes it | Care workers, healthcare assistants and housekeeping staff |
|---|---|
| Who usually buys it | Registered manager, clinical lead or training coordinator |
| Format | Self-paced eLearning with an interactive video |
| Length | 4 modules, about 45 minutes |
| Interaction level | Level 3, Scenario |
| Engagement | Interactive video, Matching, Quiz with feedback |
| Assessment | Answers at every video pause plus a short quiz, pass mark set by you |
| Certificate | Branded completion certificate when the course runs on our platform, or your platform's own |
| Tracking | SCORM or xAPI package, with completion and scores in your learning platform |
| Accessibility | Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support built in |
| Languages | English in this showcase. Other languages translated and checked by a native speaker |
| Updates | When your infection control policy or national guidance changes |
How we would build it
How would you get a course like this?
The same five steps for every course, with one named person running your project.
- Free course diagnosticSend us the material you have. After a short call we send a written note on what it needs, within a few working days.
- Scope and scriptWe pair our learning designers with someone who has worked in your sector. You review and approve the script before anything is built.
- BuildBuilt in our own authoring tool, with captions and keyboard navigation included. As a guide, four to six weeks per interactive module.
- Test and changeWe test the package on your platform before you sign off. Two rounds of changes are included.
- Launch and trackCompletion and scores in your platform, or ours. Want CPD Certification later? It is already built to that standard.
Evidence
What can you track?
- Answers at every video pause, grouped by moment
- Quiz scores and repeat attempts
- Completion records for each staff member, ready for inspection
- Which moment your team gets wrong most often
Your version
Can you build this with our content?
- Your branding, your policies and examples from your own workplace
- SCORM or xAPI for your learning platform, or hosted on ours
- Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support as standard
- Translated versions for staff or students who work in other languages
- Built to CPD standard, so it can go forward for CPD Certification when you're ready
Adapt it
Where else does this course work?
The same design, rewritten for the people and risks of another setting:
- Domiciliary care
- Dental practices
- Pharmacy teams
- Housekeeping and cleaning contractors
Questions
Common questions about this course
Can it follow our own infection control policy?
Yes. The five moments come from the World Health Organization, and the rest, from glove rules to product names, is written from your policy and checked by your infection control lead.
How long would it take to build a course like this?
As a guide, an interactive module takes four to six weeks from when we receive your material, and a straight conversion two to three. This course has 4 modules, so we plan it in stages, and you review each script before we build it.
Will it work on our learning platform?
Yes, in most cases. We hand courses over as SCORM or xAPI packages, which nearly every learning platform accepts, and we test the finished package on your platform before you sign off. If you don't have a platform, it can run on ours.
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FreeCourse diagnostic
Send us one course. We'll tell you what it needs, free.
Share one course or programme you already run, or the slides and notes behind it. After a short first call, we review it at no charge and send you a written note on what it needs and which package fits, within a few working days.
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- A written note on what it needs
- The package that fits, so you know where to start
- No charge and no obligation
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