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Infection Prevention and Control
Corporate Induction
2014
Infection prevention and control
How to protect yourself and others
• Immunisation• Appropriate wearing of PPE (Personal Protective
Equipment)• Outbreaks (non essential personnel)• If you are ill – do not come into work• Washing hands with soap and water or alcohol
hand rub
Hand Hygiene
Bacteria cultured from a single hand print
Alcohol hand rubs
Not to be used when hands are :• Visibly soiled (blood or body fluids)• After glove wearing• If contact with known/suspected Norovirus or
Clostridium difficile
Skin Care
Bacterial counts increase when the skin is damaged
It’s important that skin integrity is maintained, this is achieved by:
• Always wetting hands thoroughly prior to application of liquid soap
• Rinsing hands thoroughly to remove soap • Drying hands carefully• Always wash hands after removing gloves• Applying good quality Trust approved hand cream on a
regular basis
Hand Moisturiser
If you develop eczema, dermatitis or any other skincondition you must seek advice from the OccupationalHealth Department as soon as possible
If you are unable to use the Trust hand cleansing ormoisturising products due to a skin condition/allergyseek advice from Occupational Health Department
Sharps SafetyNEVER
• Fill the sharps container beyond the fill line• Pass sharps from hand to hand• Recap / resheath needles• Guide needles with fingers• Send needles attached to syringes to the laboratory• Rely on others to dispose of sharps for you• Leave sharps unattended• Reach into a sharps container• Grab at falling instruments• Rush or attempt short cuts whilst using sharps or needles• Take a used device apart
Sharps SafetyALWAYS
• Use rigid BS/UN approved Sharps containers• Label the sharps container appropriately prior to assembly
and closure• Dispose of sharps at the point of use.• Discard needles and syringes as one unit into a sharps
container• Ensure sharps container is securely locked before disposal• Watch what you are doing and ignore distractions whilst
using sharps
Infection prevention and control………..
• Prevention IS better than cure• In protecting yourselves, you also protect your
patients and colleagues.• If it isn’t good enough for you, it isn’t good
enough for your patient
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