Unit 86 – Maintain Personal Hygiene 1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important Maintaining personal hygiene is of key importance for many reasons; personal, social, health, psychological or simply as a way of life. Keeping a good standard of hygiene helps to prevent the development and spread of infections, illnesses and bad odours. Poor hygiene can also have a negative impact on an individuals social life as friends and family with notice your appearance or odour for example and as a result wont want to bother with you. 1.2 Describe the effects of poor hygiene on health and wellbeing Poor hygiene can have a range effects on your health and wellbeing, for example; A build up of sweat and bacteria will cause body odour or B.O. which is probably the most common effect of poor hygiene.
Btec Level 3 J.Worzley Unit 97: LD 206 C – Support Individuals to Maintain Personal Hygiene. 1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important It is important to maintain personal hygiene, in order to care for ones own appearance & to eliminate body odours that may cause offence to others. Personal hygiene refers to the cleaning and grooming of the body. Personal hygiene is an important form of protection against disease and infections of all kinds. Hygiene promotes comfort, safety, and health.
Support Individuals to maintain Personal Hygiene Understand the Importance of good personal Hygiene 1.1, 1.2 Maintaining a good level of personal hygiene is important because it reduces the risks of infection. This can be done by simply washing and drying properly, including areas such as your face, hair, nails, hands and feet. Personal hygiene is important in everyday life and not just specifically in a health and social care environment; it helps to reduce the spread of germs, viruses and bugs. Maintaining a good level of personal hygiene can help an individual to feel comfortable, especially in social areas. This, in turn, raises self esteem and confidence.
Speaking to them about issues they might have in a sensitive manner. Talking with them to identify if they need any support to maintain personal hygiene, it could be that they can not do it for themselves or that they do not have working facilities to do so such as a working washing machine. By explaining to the the reasons for good personal hygiene. Main points of legislation that relates to moving/ handling: Including: The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAW/ HSW), The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) How following principles for safe moving/ handling protects those in the social care setting from injury/ harm: By limiting the occurrence of dangerous situations; only moving/ handling when necessary, assessing the potential risks, taking steps to reduce the risks, requesting support, reporting any difficulties/ hazards, using alternative methods, adhering to policies and procedures of organisation, agreed ways of working and legislation.
Poor hygiene may lead to social difficulties and isolation. All these aspects are affecting individual’s well-being and breaking down their mental health and leading to developing of mental illnesses. When is personal hygiene not maintained, individual’s physical health deteriorate by having skin problems, infections, dental diseases, increasing likelihood of contracting contagious illnesses Outcome 3 Understand when poor hygiene may be an indicator of other underlying personal issues The learner can: identify underlying personal issues that may be a cause of poor personal hygiene Failure to brush and floss, failure to use soap and shampoo, failure to use deodorant, failure to change clothes regularly, drug use,
Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (Adults) Support Individuals To Maintain Personal Hygiene Personal hygiene is important because if it’s not carried out it can cause poor health. The effects of poor hygiene can cause skin problems, unpleasant smells and bacterial or parasitic hygiene. When carrying out personal hygiene on individuals, dignity should always be maintained by; •keeping service users covered up whenever possible •always knock and wait before entering a room in case personal care is being carried out. •make sure curtains or blinds are shut. When supporting individuals with personal care there are also risks to your own health.
• Showering • Toileting • Dressing • Eating and drinking • Grooming, shaving and nail care 3. If a care worker did not respect the dignity of their client or provide privacy, while assisting with personal care; how might this affect the client emotionally and psychologically? • May become upset or aggressive • Client may become withdrawn • They might refuse assistance and personal care • Embarrassment and fear 4. Some people tend to show aggression during the provision of personal care e.g. shower.
* Clean/disinfect spillages of blood/body fluids as per guidance. * Maintain a clean environment to minimise the accumulation bacteria potentially harmful to patients. * Immunisations and infection control * Principles of good hygiene * Importance of appropriate protective clothing * General cleanliness * Principles of isolation nursing * Immunisation and infection control * Safe practice procedures * Management of outbreaks of infection Another common practice is that when in health care workers look are looking at areas of a patient's body which are prone to spread infection or are vulnerable to infection they wear protective clothing. This includes face masks and disposable gloves. This is done for two main reasons firstly so the workers themselves don't get infected if the patient has an infection and
The dentist could have been more considerate and explain to the student that the whitening process can only be done certain times and cannot be done when it is important for her. Explanation of the water pick can help the patient understand that it will help her and she can improve her hygiene one her own instead of keep returning. Scenario 3—Physical Therapy o What patient compliance issues are evident in this scenario? The patient should listen to the doctor to help lower the triglycerides in his blood stream and this process will help lower his cholesterol. The patient listening to the doctor’s Advice about the special diet and to avoid red meat is very advisable for this process.
Conclusion. The practice of hand hygiene is not just a means of important infection control but also stops the transmission of infectious diseases and can be minimized by making sure that hands are washed after useing the bathrooon, before eating, after being in contact with other patients or visitors. The best way to reduce the incidents of transmitting infections is to think about washing your hands on a regular basis and make it a rule so as to protect your own and everyones else health. 750