• I washed my hands. • I disinfected the changing mat and washed my hands again then put on the glows. • I laid the baby down on the changing mat. • I took of baby’s trousers. • I opened up a new clean diaper and placed the back half under baby.
Hands should be washed: · After visiting the toilet · Before handling food · When the hands are visibly soiled. · Before a ‘clean’ procedure. · After a ‘dirty’ procedure, even if gloves were worn. · Between care
As one touches people, surfaces, and objects throughout the day, germs accumulate on ones hands. We have always been taught to wash our hands after using the restroom and before we eat. What about during and after preparing food, treating wounds or caring for a sick person? How about blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, handling garbage, household chemicals, or anything that could be contaminated or simply shaking hands with someone else? All of these situations call for proper hand washing technique.
Lastly, you should take a sanitizer spray and spray the diaper changing mat leave the spray on for thirty seconds and then wipe the area with a paper towel. Also, you should wash your hands and the child’s hands with soap and running water for thirty seconds. That is how to change a baby’s diaper with all the materials you need close to
STERILISING: Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. Clean your surfaces with hot soapy water. Get your feeding equipment (they should be washed in hot soapy water with a bottle and teat brush as soon as possible after a feed, and then rinsed with clean cold water). DID YOU KNOW? Dishwashers will clean bottles, but not sterilize them as the water will not get hot enough.
Before entering the classroom you must remove you shoes to keep the ground safe and clean for infants to roam around. There is a washing area to be able to wash your hands and the toys. There is a refrigerator and microwave for bottles and infant food. The room is full of pictures on the wall with people the infants recognize at their eye level. There are developmental toys scattered around on the floor to provide infants with a variety of challenges.
Finally, dry your hands with a paper towel thoroughly and use the paper towel to turn off the faucet before you throw it away. Drying your hands will help prevent them from cracking, and using the paper towel to turn off the water will help you to not touch the sink. Proper hand washing is a great preventative from getting sick or
Once the bottles are empty, it is just as important to restock the diaper bag with bottles and formula for the baby’s much needed feeding times. Secondly, the diaper bag must be pre-stocked with pampers and wipes prior to traveling. Babies’ eat often, so soiled diapers will have to be changed regularly to prevent the baby’s bottom from becoming raw from his or her wet pamper. Keeping a newborn baby dry will eliminate diaper rashes and a fussy baby; however, leaving home without pampers would cause for a delayed trip due to stopping at a local store to buy pampers for the baby. Keeping the diaper bag stocked with pampers prior to traveling, will eliminate a fussy baby and time spent looking for a place to buy pampers.
For example when assisting a service user to have a bath, shower or to use the toilet you must always wear the PPE (personal protective equipment) provided when removing any soiled clothing you must dispose of it in the correct way using the sluice bags that are provided and the sluice bags should be tided shut thus preventing any infection among other service users clothes. Any PPE used should be disposed of in the room you have used and before leaving that room employees must ensure they wash their hands using the correct hand washing method displayed. Another responsibility employees have is to prepare and maintain environment before and after patient care making sure all PPE is worn if there are any bodily fluids in the room i.e. on the floor sink etc this spiliage should be cleaned up immediately using the appropriate disinfectant cleaning products to prevent any infection spreading such as MRSA, C Diff and the norovirus. Q: 1.2 Explain employers’ respsonsibilitys in relation to the prevention and control of infection.
Can be spread by touch, coughs and colds, it is good practise to cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing and washing your hands after, disposing of any tissues in bins. It could also be prevented if residents do not share cutlery, cups or anything that may transfer infection to one another. Infection Control in your work place should be a part of everyday practice, and if followed to the correct procedure, can help to contain illnesses being spread. Diarrhoea, vomiting, coughs and colds are hard to contain in a nursing home because those residents who are mobile don't always understand that its in he interest of the home and the other residents that they are asked to stay in their rooms. Infections can also be transferred through visitors coming in to see their relatives.