Unit 39 - D2

To ensure that their own health and hygiene not pose a risk to service users and colleagues

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The purpose of risk assessment is not to remove risks, but to take reasonable steps to reduce them. The process involves looking at the risk, and considering what can be done to make it less likely that the risk will develop into a reality. This can be done through implementing policies and codes of practice, acting in individual’s best interests, fostering culture of openness and support being consistent, maintaining professional boundaries and following systems for raising concerns.

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Research indicates that as many as 13% [Smith 2005] of primary care visits have missing clinical information. A patient's health information is potentially distributed across a wide range of locations including their general practitioner, hospitals, imaging centers, specialists and allied health practices.

4.2: The potential risks of infection within the workplace can be very high in a care home as you are constantly coming into contact with people who may have infections, handling waste material which could be contaminated and working in an environment and with equipment which could be contaminated. This is why it is extremely important to wear the correct PPE and use the correct hand washing procedure and use the correct cleaning products.

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Being in a health and social care setting means that there are many opportunities to be exposed to infection. For example MRA (Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) and hazardous

6. The risk assessment team will conduct an inspection of the department/area being assessed for risk or observe the process being assessed for risk in action. The members of the risk assessment team will individually document their findings on the “ABC Proactive Risk Assessment Worksheet” (Attachment A). To determine the appropriate score for each identified risk, the reviewer will consider information obtained through a physical tour of the facility, review of annual incident

If there were to be an outbreak of an infectious disease within a residential setting then the RIDDOR policy would need to be implemented. This may differ in an individuals home as possibly a carer looking after their own relative may only inform the GP or local hospital who would give advice on the care that the individual

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This paragraph explains ways to prevent infections contracted from hospitals. The number one way to lower the spread of infections contracted through a hospital is correct sanitation customs. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a federal government agency has come up with guidelines in order to safeguard against the expansion of infections and diseases for patients and the workers (Hedman, 2010). It is mandatory for administrators of hospitals to write a disclosure policy to protect the workers from infections like Hepatitis B and other infections and bad bacteria. Minimizing infections that the workers have can aid in stopping the spread of

Healthcare associated infection is a more concealed problem that yet no health care organisation or nation can announce to have resolved it (World Health Organization, 2011). In emergency departments and intensive care units 30% of patients are suffered from minimum one episode of nosocomial infections with associated morbidity and mortality (World Health Organization, 2011, p. 3). Strong evidences are available that hospital acquired infections can be prevented and burden can be reduced up to 50% or more (World Health Organization, 2011). Australian national quality and safety health service standard no.3 emphasize prevention and control of hospital associated infections. Most of hospital acquired infections in intensive care units are associated

This increases the risk of contracting the Norovirus in a health care setting due to a large scale of contact and environment interactions. In aged care facilities there are many with mobility issues [3]. The difficulties with a lack of mobility can lead to a lack of fulfilling basic hygiene care. An outbreak may occur if interactive surfaces areas such as benches, taps, food, clothing etc. are touched and left infected (DoHA, 2011). Because of this visitors are high risk as they may touch a contaminated resident or residence and transmit the Norovirus further. (Aziz, 2010). In addition, nurses must also take precautions in transporting contaminated equipment or clothing (Australian Health and Medical Research Council [NHMRC], 2013; World Health Organisation [WHO],

Risk assessment involve patient assessment for risk of infection. The care provider seek for risk factors by performing physical examination, running laboratory and radiologic investigation, review of patient data for contributing factors such as compromised mobility, low immunity among others. Risk assessment; When a risk factor is identified, the care provider follows the required step as guided by a protocol. One of the action is to activate a team evaluation of the patient vital signs, laboratory results such as white cell count, and patient assessment findings. The current protocol was generated after a root cause analysis team’s analysis, one of the common techniques in management of safety and security risk focusing on patient care outcome and incorporated the centers for Disease Prevention and Control recommendation (CDC, 2016).