Unit 4222-264 - The principles of infection prevention and Control Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections 1. explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection 2. explain employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control infection. Outcome 2 Understand legislation and policies relating to prevention and control of infections 1. outline current legislation and regulatory body
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Professional and personal values applied to the procedures of hand washing in Infection Control Contents Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 2 Identify your new learning‚ giving rationale for your choice of this topic ………….…………… Page 2 How has this learning made a difference to you …………………………………….…………… Page 5 How will this learning influence you clinical practice …………………………………..………… Page 6 Describe how you will continue to develop this learning after this module
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Infection prevention and control in health care * Background * Key activities * Information resources * Related web sites Goals * The mission of the WHO Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care initiative is to assist Member States in reducing dissemination of infections associated with healthcare‚ by assisting with the assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation of national infection control policies. * The ultimate goal is to assist Member States to endorse
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Patient Safety: Induction Every healthcare workers main focus is to make sure that their patient is safe. But according to the Ulrich and Kear‚ “one million people were injured and 98‚000 died from medical related errors” (2014). In a health care setting‚ a medical error can be something as simple as a nurse forgetting to put the side rail of the bed up after giving care‚ resulting to the patient falling and getting injured. To a more complex matter as a nurse gives the patient a wrong medication
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Do you monitor your subcontractors performance and health and safety compliance | Yes | No | If yes‚ detail system in place‚ continue of separate sheet if necessary | | Do you monitor your subcontractors insurance cover | Yes | No | HEALTH‚ SAFETY & QUALIFICATIONS Please provide a copy of your health & safety Policy. If you do not meet the criteria whereby you are required to produce a Health and Safety Policy (if you employ
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Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Patient safety indicators are used by Hospital’s to help identify any potential risk to patient safety and to improve healthcare. The focus is to increase knowledge and the understanding of the effects on the hospital reputation. As a patient‚ you really should know what kind of care you are expecting to get when you visit a hospital. With that being said‚ they also have an option on what hospital they choose. We need to be that hospital that is shown to be
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Communication Issues and the Effects on Patient Safety There are several factors that are important to health care safety‚ one of the most critical factors being good communication. When someone thinks about the requirements needed to be a nurse‚ he or she may think of the need for scientific knowledge. However‚ to be a nurse one has to have more than just scientific knowledge. Nurses need to possess other skills‚ one of those being the ability to communicate effectively. Communication is like
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This essentials discusses both the importance of patient safety and quality improvement in regards to advanced practicing nursing. Patient safety is defined by the Institute of Medicine as “the prevention of harm to patients” ("Patient safety and quality‚" 2008‚ p. 2) In the health care world patient safety and the quality of patient care is extremely important. The master’s level education for nursing program will teach the advanced practicing nurse the tools needed to deal with an unsafe situation
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of nursing. Floor nursing as it’s commonly referred to deals with managing the care of several patients anywhere from 3-7 patients but most commonly 4-6. Patients on telemetry units vary is age greatly from 21 to 101. However is most often accustomed to an aging population approximately 60 and older. When the elderly come into the hospital there are several things that take a number one priority‚ safety. Hospitals nationally report fall rates among the elderly continue to remain steady or see an
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National Patient Safety Goals are a specific way to focus on what are believed to be significant safety practices that have been identified by The Joint Commission as ways to improve on the care and safety of patients. These safety practices have established an approach to medical care that is now implemented by nurses and health care facilities nationwide. The use of two patient identifiers to verify that the correct medicine and/or treatment is being given to the correct patient is the
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