There are a number of ways that personnel’s can prevent and control infection in a health and social care setting. Personnel’s in a health and social care setting include , nurses , Doctors, cleaners, nursery assistants and nursery teachers. Nurses should thoroughly wash and dry their hands before and after caring for a patient, before and after touching any potentially contaminated equipment or dressings, after bed making and before handling food. Their hands can be washed with soap and water or, a fast-acting antiseptic solution like a hand wipe or hand gel. They should also wear Disposable gloves when physical contact with open wounds, for example when changing dressings, handling needles or inserting an intravenous drip.
I had already gained consent from patient A for myself and the nurse to give a bed bath in accordance with the NMC code of conduct (NMC, 2008) and following this I went to collect the correct equipment to perform the task. As patient A had Clostridium Difficile they needed to be isolation nursed. We isolate nurse to “prevent the risk of spreading germs to other patients and staff” (NHS, 2010). Outside of the side room there were red aprons and gloves which needed to be put on before entering. Before entering the side room, it is essential to collect all equipment to avoid leaving the room unnecessarily.
Patient education in the home setting is very important. Along with proper hand washing techniques they need to learn a out proper wound care, laundering of infected clothing and linens, and personal hygiene. Hand washing is important after wound care, changing of soiled linens or dressings. You need this to keep down the chance of spreading onto surfaces around the home that could contaminate others. There was a case study were MRSA lived on a sterile package for more than 37 weeks.
When sterilisation is complete do not open the autoclave until the steam has been exhausted and the temp has fallen. If the steam escapes it will rise up and the operator will get burnt. Cleaning surgery tables with trigene or domestos- irritation to eyes and skin very dangerous if swallowed. Inhalation of chemicals. Wear PPE.
Clearing up bodily fluids after an accident from floor with achti chlor so that any harmful bacteria is killed. ac[1.3] describe how to complete an incident report form – If an incident has happened or if you notice there is risk of an incident occuring you need to fill in an incident form. These are located at the nurses station. It contains all the information needed to help resolve any risk and audited to stop the same risk from re-recurring. An incident form is split into different sections these are:- 1a Patient or staff details, this is the person affected by the incident and will contain their name, address, date of birth and if staff job title and division.
For example non-infectious waste in a nursing home, such as human faeces is disposed of in yellow clinical bag and collected usually by an outside company who will incinerate the waste. Sharps are disposed of in a sharps container and are collected or taken to the doctors for them to dispose of correctly. 3.3 Waste should be stored prior to collection. For example in a nursing home, infectious waste is stored in yellow clinical bags and stored in a yellow bin and these bags will be collected by a company who will incinerate the waste. Sharps are stored in a sharps yellow plastic container.
The nurses may make sure that no patients have split any coffee in the lounge as the disabled patients may slip over and hurt themselves if the liquid is not mopped up. The nurses should also have good hygiene, which means they should wash their hands after assisting a patient to the bathroom; otherwise they could spread germs to the other patients. Also if the nurses feel unwell they must not come into to work otherwise they could spread an infection to the patients and the other nurses. Physical comfort Physical comfort means being in an environment that ensures the patients are as comfortable as possible. The less able patients within a nursing home sometimes the less able patients may not be able to control their own environment, so the nurses must provide this.
Dylan 1 Dylan Quick ENGL 1301 Jill Barris October 23, 2010 Fixing Up The Dead The Embalmer in the story was talking about the routines and how to make the corpse look good for the grieving mourners at the funeral home. First thing to do is to drain the blood out of the body so the body will not be infected and the embalmer put the fluid in the corpse to preserve it. “It is necessary to remove the blood, and doing this not only helps the disinfecting, but removes the principal cause of disfigurements due to discoloration.” (312) The embalmer mentioned that there are different kinds of fluids and how they can affect the deceased body. Not only that, the use of the fluids can be determined to use based on the person’s age and type of
In the room with him is a tray which contains a tourniquet, gloves, medical tape, sterile gauze, alcohol preparation pad, vacuum tube(s) with label(s), and a sterile needle with a needle holder. The phlebotomist will go through the steps of confirmation, preparation, collection, and clean-up in this life saving process. First thing the phlebotomist does when she walks in the room is make sure the patient is the correct person by either checking the chart or identification. This precaution is set in place because of prior cases of fraud. If someone has substances in his system that he cannot legally account for then he tries to have someone give blood in his place.
Break down and define common medical terms used for symptoms, diseases, disorders, procedures, treatments, and devices associated with the blood and lymphatic system. Build medical terms from word parts associated with the • • Word Search postings as indicated in Course Schedule Chapter 1 online Short Answer Quiz and Chapter 1 online examination Mini Medical Record Reviews optional extra credit • blood and lymphatic system. Pronounce and spell common medical terms associated with the blood and lymphatic system. Chapter 8 The Cardiovascular System Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to: • • • • • Define and spell the word parts used to create medical terms for the cardiovascular system. Break down and define common medical terms used for symptoms, diseases, disorders, procedures, treatments, and devices associated with the cardiovascular system.