Transcript Care Home Link Worker Infection Prevention and

Care Home Link Worker
Infection Prevention and
Control
Foundation Training
Who is Responsible?
• Clinical or non clinical, every staff
member has a part to play in the
prevention and management of health
care associated infections – even the
smallest of actions can make a
significant difference
What does infection prevention mean to
you???
• Standard Precautions.
• Taking sensible steps to protect yourself and
others against diseases that patients may
have.
• Protecting the patient from us!
• Based on the procedure being undertaken,
not what is known or suspected about an
individual.
Bare below elbows policy
• Directive from the Department of Health
• Staff having an interface with patients
• WILL;
– Decontaminate their hands before contact and
immediately after contact
– Be bare below their elbows
– Only wear a single plain banded ring
– ‘Tuck’ in ties to avoid contact with patient
• WILL NOT
– Wear stoned rings or wrist watch during patient
interface
– Wear lanyards (only clip on ID badges for clinical staff)
– Wear false nails, nail tips or nail varnish
Engagement Ring
Watch
Long finger nails
False nails
What do we use to wash our hands ?
What do we use to dry hands?
Handwashing Facilities
How to Wash Hands Correctly:
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Palm to palm.
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Backs of fingers to opposing palms
with fingers interlocked.
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Right palm over left dorsum
and left palm over right dorsum.
5
Rotational rubbing of right thumb
clasped in left palm and vice versa.
Palm to palm
fingers interlaced.
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Rotational rubbing, backwards and
forwards with clasped fingers of right
hand in left palm and vice versa.
Cleaning of equipment
The Environment
Keeping the environment clean
and tidy
Don’t judge a mattress by its
cover
Staff well-being
• Diarrhoea &
Vomiting
• Skin infections
• Respiratory
infections
• Immunisation
Safe disposal of all waste
• Correct segregation of waste into right
stream
• Colour coded bags/sharps bins
• Correct Transport Container
• Home visits