Infectious Disease
Unit 4222-264 The principles of infection prevention and control
Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the preventiont and control of infections
1.1. Explain employee's roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection.
Infection is a major cause of human suffering. Even relatively minor infections can become more serious, leading to major infection and can, in some cases, lead to patient death. In addition to patient suffering, infection causes distress to family and friends.The costs to the health care system of providing care for those with infections are huge. In addition to concerns over the growing costs to health care, the use of antibiotics to treat these infections is thought to be contributing towards the problems surrounding antibiotic resistance. The NHS plan, published in 1999, stipulates that all NHS organisations should have effective systems in place to tackle Health care Associated Infection (HCAI) in order to minimise the risk to patients and staff.For all these reasons prevention and control of infections are issues of very great practical importance for every health care worker. Your place of work will have appropriate guidelines/policies for control of infection and it is important that you locate and read these.Infection control is an issue of health and safety, so is both an employer and employee responsibility.
1.2.Explain employees’roles and responsibilities
All employees are responsible for taking action to prevent the spread of infection, inaccordance with legislation and local and organisational policies and procedures.They also have a personal and moral responsibility, as members of a caring society and profession.There are many roles where infection control is important, these include:
· Employees who work in communal living environments
· Employees who work with hazardous substances
· Employees whose work activities may expose them to infection
· Employees working with
Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the preventiont and control of infections
1.1. Explain employee's roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection.
Infection is a major cause of human suffering. Even relatively minor infections can become more serious, leading to major infection and can, in some cases, lead to patient death. In addition to patient suffering, infection causes distress to family and friends.The costs to the health care system of providing care for those with infections are huge. In addition to concerns over the growing costs to health care, the use of antibiotics to treat these infections is thought to be contributing towards the problems surrounding antibiotic resistance. The NHS plan, published in 1999, stipulates that all NHS organisations should have effective systems in place to tackle Health care Associated Infection (HCAI) in order to minimise the risk to patients and staff.For all these reasons prevention and control of infections are issues of very great practical importance for every health care worker. Your place of work will have appropriate guidelines/policies for control of infection and it is important that you locate and read these.Infection control is an issue of health and safety, so is both an employer and employee responsibility.
1.2.Explain employees’roles and responsibilities
All employees are responsible for taking action to prevent the spread of infection, inaccordance with legislation and local and organisational policies and procedures.They also have a personal and moral responsibility, as members of a caring society and profession.There are many roles where infection control is important, these include:
· Employees who work in communal living environments
· Employees who work with hazardous substances
· Employees whose work activities may expose them to infection
· Employees working with