A single mishandled sharps bin or a skipped hand-hygiene step can turn a routine hospital day into an outbreak — infection and waste risk in healthcare facilities rarely come from one dramatic failure, but from small procedural gaps that repeat unnoticed. Closing those gaps is what actually protects patients, staff, and visitors.

This training course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy equips healthcare and facility staff with both sides of that protection: safe segregation, transport, and disposal of medical waste, and the infection-control fundamentals — hand hygiene, protective equipment, cleaning, disinfection, and sterilisation — that keep a healthcare environment genuinely safe.

Who Should Attend

• Hospital and healthcare facility managers responsible for safety and environmental services.
• Infection control, occupational health, sanitation, and sterilisation professionals.
• Staff involved in collecting, transporting, storing, and disposing of healthcare waste.
• Healthcare professionals responsible for patient safety and risk management.

Program Objectives

• Understand the principles and risks tied to healthcare waste management.
• Apply proper methods for segregating, collecting, transporting, and disposing of medical waste.
• Apply infection-prevention principles and standard precautions in healthcare settings.
• Strengthen hygiene, disinfection, sterilisation, and personal-protection practices.
• Build monitoring and evaluation methods that reduce waste and infection risks.

Module 1: Fundamentals of Hospital Infection Control

• Healthcare-associated infections and how they spread within a facility.
• The infection chain and the factors that drive microbial transmission.
• Standard precautions and transmission-based infection-control measures.

Module 2: Hand Hygiene and Personal Protection

• Why hand hygiene is the single most effective barrier against transmission.
• Selecting and using personal protective equipment according to risk level.
• Safe handling of patients, equipment, and contaminated materials.

Module 3: Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilisation

• The differences between cleaning, disinfection, and sterilisation, and when each applies.
• Selecting disinfectants and safely handling equipment and surfaces.
• Sterilisation requirements and monitoring how effective the process actually is.

Module 4: Preventing Infection Transmission in Healthcare Facilities

• Measures for limiting transmission between patients and healthcare workers.
• Safe handling of contaminated medical equipment and instruments.
• Managing high-risk areas and environments within the hospital.

Module 5: Healthcare Waste — Classification and Handling Systems

• The concept and sources of healthcare waste, and how infectious, sharps, pharmaceutical, and chemical waste are classified.
• Segregation principles at the point of generation, and requirements for collection, packaging, labelling, and temporary storage.
• Organising waste movement and assigning staff responsibilities within the system.

Module 6: Transportation and Treatment of Healthcare Waste

• Controls for internal and external transport of healthcare waste.
• Treatment methods for infectious, sharps, and other specialised waste categories.
• Final disposal requirements and reducing the associated environmental risk.

Module 7: Occupational Safety in Waste Handling

• Risks from exposure to infectious and hazardous materials.
• Safe handling of sharps and correct use of personal protective equipment.
• Procedures for managing spills and accidental exposure.

Module 8: Monitoring, Policy, and Continuous Safety Improvement

• Indicators for tracking waste-management quality and infection-control compliance.
• Reporting, incident documentation, and performance indicators.
• Integrating waste management into the hospital's broader safety system, and updating policy as risks and regulations change.