The infection prevention e-learning project initiated by the NHS University was launched in September 2005 and is now administered by the NHS Core Learning Unit. It was intended to be the definitive infection prevention programme for all NHS staff both clinical and non-clinical; however, a higher education institution saw its potential for use in the pre-registration nursing programme and trialled it in the Common Foundation Programme (CFP). This article describes the use of the programme in the CFP and an evaluation of the students’ experience of e-learning.
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