Infection Prevention & Control teaches front-line caregivers the everyday practices that keep clients, families, and themselves safe from infection — in the client's own home, where you may not have a facility's supplies and systems. Many clients you serve are older or medically fragile and especially vulnerable to infection. This course covers how infections spread, standard precautions, proper hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, safe handling and disposal of contaminated materials, cleaning in the home, and recognizing and reporting illness. Minnesota requires home care staff to be trained and competent in safe, current practice, including infection control. The throughline is simple and powerful: clean hands and consistent precautions prevent more harm than almost anything else you do — and in the home, it depends entirely on you doing it every time.