Hand Washing Nvq
How to prevent the spread of infection as a health care provider I. Infection control in health care is a very important detail in health care provider’s duties.
A. Two of the simplest ways to prevent infection control is to wear gloves and wash hands.
B. There are correct and incorrect ways to wash your hands and remove gloves.
II. Being prepared is the first step to correctly wash your hands.
A. You will need to have soap available.
B. Paper towels need to be within reach.
C. Having a trash can nearby will help with this process.
III. To begin washing your hands you will first need to wet your hands.
A. Make sure the water is running down your hands to your fingertips.
IV. The next …show more content…
When gloves are worn properly the help to protect the health care worker from exposure to blood borne infections such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. However, gloves must be used properly. Gloves can become contaminated during care and must be removed or changed when moving from a contaminated area to a clean area on the same patient. Gloved hands can also become contaminated due to tiny punctures in the glove material or during glove removal. Therefor hand hygiene must be performed immediately after glove removal. The use of gloves is important but does not replace proper hand washing. To prevent contaminating yourself there is a particular way to remove your gloves. There really is no way of being prepared for glove removal, just being sure there is a trash can nearby. While wearing the gloves you should grab the palm of either hand, with your gloves hand. Pull downward with the palm part of the glove, until the glove comes off of your hand inside out. Place the contaminated inside out glove into the palm of your gloved hand. Then place your index finger inside the wrist of the glove on your hand, and pull the glove off. Both gloves should be inside out in a ball together. Once you have removed the gloves place them into the trash, and preform proper hand
A. Two of the simplest ways to prevent infection control is to wear gloves and wash hands.
B. There are correct and incorrect ways to wash your hands and remove gloves.
II. Being prepared is the first step to correctly wash your hands.
A. You will need to have soap available.
B. Paper towels need to be within reach.
C. Having a trash can nearby will help with this process.
III. To begin washing your hands you will first need to wet your hands.
A. Make sure the water is running down your hands to your fingertips.
IV. The next …show more content…
When gloves are worn properly the help to protect the health care worker from exposure to blood borne infections such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. However, gloves must be used properly. Gloves can become contaminated during care and must be removed or changed when moving from a contaminated area to a clean area on the same patient. Gloved hands can also become contaminated due to tiny punctures in the glove material or during glove removal. Therefor hand hygiene must be performed immediately after glove removal. The use of gloves is important but does not replace proper hand washing. To prevent contaminating yourself there is a particular way to remove your gloves. There really is no way of being prepared for glove removal, just being sure there is a trash can nearby. While wearing the gloves you should grab the palm of either hand, with your gloves hand. Pull downward with the palm part of the glove, until the glove comes off of your hand inside out. Place the contaminated inside out glove into the palm of your gloved hand. Then place your index finger inside the wrist of the glove on your hand, and pull the glove off. Both gloves should be inside out in a ball together. Once you have removed the gloves place them into the trash, and preform proper hand