ProTrainings UK Blog

It’s not always practical to wash your hands. Perhaps you are not near a sink or you just need to wash them frequently. There are several types of gel available, all of which are alcohol based. They come in various sizes, and some actually can clip onto you.

To use the gel, just open the top, squeeze some into your hand, then rub it into your hand, in between your fingers, into your nails, around your thumb, and on the back of your hand. Ensure that all areas of your hands are covered. The gel will dry within a few seconds, and your hands will be clean.

Hand sanitiser can also be found in wall mounted containers. With these, simply push down on the front of the box to release some gel into your hand and rub it in as described earlier.

Another product available is universal wipes. With these, just open the front of the package, pull out the wipe, and wipe your hand in a similar fashion to the gel. You can also wipe down surfaces with the wipes. Once you are finished with a wipe, dispose of it according to your local workplace practices.

You can buy gels from many places from petrol stations to supermarkets and the costs are very low.  It is a good idea to keep a small container of gel in your car as you never know when you may need it.

More information see our infection control course at www.proinfectioncontrol.co.uk

We have re-branded our ProTrainings website and there are many new features being added across the ProTrainings network of websites. The new look site tells you more about the courses online as well as classroom courses.

You will see more content going live on this site soon and other features on the online site linking the online to classroom courses. We are also adding online courses on Fire Safety in the workplace (and home), Workplace Health & Safety, Food Hygiene and Pet First Aid.  We will list these courses as they go live.

If you want to attend a classroom course look at our new www.procourses.co.uk site where you can see courses locally and book on them online.

We are shortly offering a new Blended Paediatric site where you can complete half of the 2 day course online.  More details to follow.

If you would like more information on any of our courses click here to contact us

We have launched a new look company dashboard with easier to follow icons and a detailed help page.  You can buy course credits direct from the dashboard for any one of our courses. This is for our company administrators rather than individual students.

We have comprehensive Company Dashboards for any company who has employees as well as for Instructors who sell to companies.  If you would like to have your own free company dashboard please email keith on keith@protrainings.eu

If you are company administrator, log in from any one of our e-learning sites and have a look.

www.profaw.co.uk – Basic First Aid and First Aid Refresher

www.profa.co.uk – First Aid Plus

www.probls.co.uk –  Basic Life Support

www.promanualhandling.co.uk – Manual Handling of objects

www.probloodbourne.co.uk – Blood Bourne and infection control

www.blendedcpr.eu – Instructor and course finder

First Aid Instructor Training

We have now launched a new online course that is available as a online or a blended course with one of our national instructor/evaluators. This course is ideal for nurses, Doctors as well as anyone who wants to learn basic life support for Adult, Infant and Child.

For more information see www.probls.co.uk

We are launching a new course and instructor finder at www.blendedcpr.eu where you can find local instructors and courses in your area.   We are adding more of our national instructors to the system and we will post an update shortly when complete.

You will see all the new classroom courses that our approved instructors can offer. All ProTrainings courses are taught by approved instructors and you will always receive a wall certificate and wallet card with a unique student number that you can check on www.blendedcpr.eu or any of our online First Aid, Blood Bourne Pathogens and Manual Handling video based e-learnign sites.

If you are one of our Pro Trainings Instructor or ITG Instructor Training Instructors and you do not show up or you are another instructor/Sales person and you want to be listed email keith@protrainings.eu

The next of our European courses just went live at www.probloodbourne.co.uk.  This course covers the European and UK guidelines and is a good course for everyone to be aware with particularly people in the following sectors:

This list is not the only workplaces where a risk is present. Anyone at anytime could be at risk in their day to day life. For more information and to register go to the Blood Bourne Pathogens Training Site at www.probloodbourne.co.uk

Blood Bourne Pathogens are microorganisms (such as viruses) that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Bodily fluids, especially those visibly contaminated with blood, have the potential to transmit disease

• Cerebrospinal fluid (Brain) and Synovial fluid (Joints)
• Pleural fluid (Lungs) and Amniotic fluid (Uterus)
• Pericardial fluid (Heart) and Peritoneal fluid (Abdomen)
• Semen and vaginal secretions
• Blood and any body fluid contaminated with blood
• Body fluids that cannot be recognised

How Blood Bourne Pathogens Are Spread

• Sexual contact is the primary mode of transmission for Blood Bourne Pathogens
• When a contaminated sharp object cuts or punctures the skin. (Parenteral examples: needle stick, illegal drug usage, cut from broken glass, bite)
• When an infected body fluid gets into an open cut or mucous membrane (inside eyes, mouth, ears or nose)
• When a contaminated object touches inflamed skin, acne, or skin abrasion
• Intact skin is wonderfully created as our first defence against disease. Blood Bourne Pathogens cannot “soak” through normal intact skin

Coming soon our new video based e-learning course on blood bourne pathogens