Unit 4222-264 Diploma Level 3 in Health and Social Care
1.1 Each employee's has a role and responsibility in the prevention and control of infection. they must conduct themselves in a healthy and appropriate manner applying good hygiene in everything they do, whether it be ensuring they wear personal protective equipment (PPE), good food hygiene, cleaning up after themselves or supporting an individual take medication.
1.2 Employers also have a responsibility to their staff, clients and other people who come in to contact with their services. employers need to ensure that staff are trained in how to prevent and control infection, have the equipment needed such as PPE and cleaning products as well as to check that employees are applying themselves in an appropriate manner, finding any areas that need improvement and acting upon them.
2.1 Current legislation and regulatory bodies which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection are, The Health and safety at work act, COSHH, The health and social care act of 2008: Code of practice for health and adult social care on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, the Health and social care Act (regulated activities) and the essential standards.
2.2 Local and organisational policies relevant to the prevention and control of infection could be, * The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and the Health and Social Care Act. * The NICE Guidelines.
As well as the policies put in place by our organisation such as, * sickness policy * infection prevention and control
3.1 There should be prevention of infection or infection control in any health and social care setting like hand washing techniques program hand rub techniques, postings on how to segregate wastes, proper disposal of garbage, a knowledge of how infection is being contaminated or contacted like chain of infections that we get mostly contagious disease by being in contact with infected persons through blood and body fluids.
3.2 If there was an outbreak of
1.2 Employers also have a responsibility to their staff, clients and other people who come in to contact with their services. employers need to ensure that staff are trained in how to prevent and control infection, have the equipment needed such as PPE and cleaning products as well as to check that employees are applying themselves in an appropriate manner, finding any areas that need improvement and acting upon them.
2.1 Current legislation and regulatory bodies which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection are, The Health and safety at work act, COSHH, The health and social care act of 2008: Code of practice for health and adult social care on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, the Health and social care Act (regulated activities) and the essential standards.
2.2 Local and organisational policies relevant to the prevention and control of infection could be, * The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and the Health and Social Care Act. * The NICE Guidelines.
As well as the policies put in place by our organisation such as, * sickness policy * infection prevention and control
3.1 There should be prevention of infection or infection control in any health and social care setting like hand washing techniques program hand rub techniques, postings on how to segregate wastes, proper disposal of garbage, a knowledge of how infection is being contaminated or contacted like chain of infections that we get mostly contagious disease by being in contact with infected persons through blood and body fluids.
3.2 If there was an outbreak of