Unit 21. The principles of infection control. Outcome 1. 1. Explain the employee’s roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. The employee has to wear PPE at all times when carrying out any personal care to help prevent any cross infection and to help prevent any. 2. Explain employer’s responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. The employer is responsible for making sure all employees use PPE when it is required to help
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policies and the present political ideologies are not factors to be wished away when it comes to health care. For this assignment‚ the major health determinants dealt with are: culture‚ individual health practices and coping skills‚ and hand hygiene. These are important factors that are particularly relevant in the nursing profession. They seem to be very insignificant in general‚ but are crucial when it comes to health‚ they play major roles. Lack of attention towards them has led to the continued
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terms of cleanliness and hygiene observation and practice; I am responsible for cooperating and following the health and safety guidelines and expectations of my employer; I am responsible for maintaining and taking care of all hygiene equipment and materials and to report when there is a faulty; I am responsible for using PPE appropriately and attending the necessary training in health and safety‚ keeping my skills up to date; I have a responsibility of to monitor the hygiene practices of my staff
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P2: Outline the main factors of current health and safety legislation as applied in health and social care. This leaflet will contain information for a booklet covering the main features of at least 3 current health and safety legislations as applied in a health and social care setting. Legislation is another word for written law‚ which may also be known as act of parliament or regulations. As stated by Stretch B and Whitehouse M (2007) pg. 17 legislation is also the law that parliament makes which
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Safe home environment As a child-minder my aim is to provide a safe environment. In my home I provide: General Age related toys to avoid choking etc. and are not broken or have any sharp edges or things hanging off. A stair gate Smoke alarms First aid kit Radiator Guards Plug socket covers I do a risk assessment each morning in the home and garden to make sure that everything is safe for the children to come into. Make sure all main doors are kept locked and the key put on a hook near
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information that you’ve learned in this article‚ in order to make an informed choice for your personal energy needs. OIC International’s Clean Water and Sanitation programs aim to make measurable and sustainable improvements in water supply‚ sanitation‚ hygiene‚ and the overall environment in the communities we serve. We recognize that in order to successfully improve health in developing areas‚ programs must be comprehensive‚ targeting both the direct and indirect causes of poor health and nutrition. We
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Summary To summarize the article given‚ it is the problem on the communication barriers at the workplace. One of the problems is supervisor giving out inconsistent messages which causes miscommunication. As stated‚ several factors are the cause of communication barriers as such different cultural or ethnic background and wide range age group of employees working. To have a deeper understanding on the problem faced‚ Barry‚ who is ServeSafe certified is taken as an example to link to the problem.
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- The workplace (health and safety and welfare) regulations 1992 . - The manual handling operations regulation 1992. 1.2 Moving and handling of people and objects - personal hygiene - infection control. - personal safety and lone working. - fire safety - food safety and hygiene - what to do in the event of a emergency. - risk assessment - smoking at work - use of chemicals and waste disposal - security and visitors. 1.3 Your
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usually this would be cereal with coffee. On an afternoon shift dinner is from then menu which the service users both plan with my support. When doing this I always wear protective gloves for hygiene reasons. My next job would then be to administer medication. I also have to wear gloves for this as well for hygiene reasons. I also have to use a medicine pot to put the meds in to pass to the service user. Once I have witnessed the medicines being taken I then sign to say they have been given. Service
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meet food and safety requirements when providing food and drink for individuals 1.1 food safety hazards when preparing‚ serving‚ storing and cleaning away food and drinks are of three types‚ namely‚ biological and chemical hazards. 1.2 this is important because it prevents food poisoning for the individual for e.g. if i don’t take all the necessary precautions when preparing food or drink‚ the service user may get food poisoning which could end with the service user going into hospital.
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