Infections can affect all of us and can be unpleasant and in some cases fatal they're especially dangerous for susceptible persons who are elderly and/or ill in most cases service users requiring home care this program would help to demonstrate how you as a domiciliary care worker can prevent the spread of infections when supporting service users in their own homes the key to this is behavioral safety in other words recognizing unsafe practices and implementing safe agreed ways of undertaking tasks to reduce the risk of infection knowing how easily infections are spread will help to influence behavior so the individuals supported their family you your colleagues and any other persons that you come into contact with during the working day can stay healthy because of your actions come in morning Laden Ellison I've just popped in to pick up some one-person aprons can you double up with Bridget today when she goes and sees Mrs Cooper a daughter's wrong as she's not well and she may need some additional support yeah okay thanks yeah well mums has sickness and diarrhea during the night the doctors been anything she's on the mend infections are caused by bacteria such as mr si and salmonella there are also other microorganisms called viruses for example hepatitis and the norovirus sometimes known as the winter vomiting bug you must be aware of parasitic infections such as scabies and fungal infections such as athlete's foot infections have different symptoms but sickness and diarrhea are common to a number of them does the doctor know the cause and history thing we need to know well the doctor said he seen a number of these cases including some of Mom's friends from the day Center judging by the symptoms he thinks is probably a virus and that she's just going to need plenty of fluids I'm going to pop to the shop and get some juice and get some magazines bacteria and viruses commonly known as germs are invisible to the human eye so people and surfaces may look clean but act.
With dressings and handling waste the types of tasks will be identified within the care package your organization should have a handbook and policy to state agreed ways of working to prevent infections the policy should detail the laws that are relevant this includes the health and safety at Work Act and the Health and Social Care Act legally you must take reasonable care for your health and that of others who may be affected by what you do or do not do and cooperate with your loan manager on the prevention and control of infection the scope of the tasks and your responsibilities should be detailed in the care plan often the extent of these will be dependent upon the time allocated with that service user specific risks regarding infections and known service user infections should be detailed within the risk assessment and care plan and you must be aware of these and your specific responsibilities to minimize the risks the risk assessment and infection controls to lower risks are a legal requirement under the management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations the environment and equipment will vary in each service users home it is unlikely that there will be color coded mops within the home therefore you must be vigilant to undertake safe practices by disinfecting properly after using in one area of the home such as the bathroom and before starting in the kitchen your organization's policy should state how they as far as possible will keep you free of and protected from exposure to infections that can be caught at work your training should include their procedure for the prevention and control of infection if the service user has just returned from hospital the infection status will be detailed in the discharge information if there is an incident you they need to ring your manager to ask for support or for additional time to undertake the task safely and sufficient.
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