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CU311 | The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control |
Task link to LO 1, Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2 LO 2, Assessment Criteria 2.1, 2.2 LO 3, Assessment Criteria 3.1, 3.2 LO 4, Assessment Criteria 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 LO 5, Assessment Criteria 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 LO 6, Assessment Criteria 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 Assessment Criteria | Answers | 1.1Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection | Managers of health and social care settings have a particular responsibility to ensure that the care setting is safe for patients, service users, visitors and members of staff. They do this by ensuring that an up-to-date infection control policy is written up and includes the roles and responsibilities of all staff in relation to the prevention of infection and what to do if there was an outbreak of infectious disease. They also need to produce reports regularly that describes that the systems in place for prevention and control of infection are working properly and are taken seriously. For example, risk assessments, incidences of infection and how they were dealt with and staff training. | 1.2Explain employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control infection | Employers’ responsibilities arise from: -Legal responsibilities -Organisational responsibilities -Personal/moral responsibilitiesEmployers’ are responsible for: -Assessing risks -Putting procedures in place -Ensuring procedures are followed - Ensuring employees are appropriately trained in relation to infection control -Making sure employees are aware of the health and safety aspects of their work : -Posting information on notice boards -Keeping an information file such as Control of Substances Hazardous -to Health (COSHH) -Providing supervision -Keeping records -Ensuring that the relevant standards, policies and guidelines are available within the workplace | 2.1Outline
Task link to LO 1, Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2 LO 2, Assessment Criteria 2.1, 2.2 LO 3, Assessment Criteria 3.1, 3.2 LO 4, Assessment Criteria 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 LO 5, Assessment Criteria 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 LO 6, Assessment Criteria 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 Assessment Criteria | Answers | 1.1Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection | Managers of health and social care settings have a particular responsibility to ensure that the care setting is safe for patients, service users, visitors and members of staff. They do this by ensuring that an up-to-date infection control policy is written up and includes the roles and responsibilities of all staff in relation to the prevention of infection and what to do if there was an outbreak of infectious disease. They also need to produce reports regularly that describes that the systems in place for prevention and control of infection are working properly and are taken seriously. For example, risk assessments, incidences of infection and how they were dealt with and staff training. | 1.2Explain employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control infection | Employers’ responsibilities arise from: -Legal responsibilities -Organisational responsibilities -Personal/moral responsibilitiesEmployers’ are responsible for: -Assessing risks -Putting procedures in place -Ensuring procedures are followed - Ensuring employees are appropriately trained in relation to infection control -Making sure employees are aware of the health and safety aspects of their work : -Posting information on notice boards -Keeping an information file such as Control of Substances Hazardous -to Health (COSHH) -Providing supervision -Keeping records -Ensuring that the relevant standards, policies and guidelines are available within the workplace | 2.1Outline