Working Safely in Domicilary Care
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Overview
This course will give an overview of how to work safely for health and social care workers delivering care in visiting homecare, extra care housing, and live-in homecare settings.
CPD
Description
At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Understand the importance of vaccination, personal protective equipment, staff movement, and testing protocols
- Describe environmental considerations for ventilation and waste management
- Describe the chain of infection and steps that taken to break the chain
- Understand standard infection control precautions
- List the steps for proper hand hygiene
Course Content
- Course Introduction – Working Safely in Domiciliary Care
- Introduction
- Preventing Infection
- Breaking the Chain of Infection
- Infection Risk Assessments
- Reducing Risk
- Hierarchy of Control
- Standard Infection Control Precautions
- Hand Hygiene
- Practising Hand Hygiene
- Hand Washing Technique
- Respiratory and Cough Hygiene
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Gloves
- Types of Gloves
- Aprons and Face Masks
- Respiratory Protective Equipment
- Eye Protection
- Safe Management of Care Equipment
- Single-use and Single-person Items
- Cleaning Environment
- Ventilation
- Laundry Management
- Laundry Storage
- Management of Body Fluid and Blood Spills
- Waste Management
- Principles of Waste Management
- Management of Exposure
- Vaccination
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Moving Between Settings
- Managing Infection
- Infectious Persons
- Isolation
- Care and Support in Isolation
- Outbreaks in Residential Services
- Collecting Specimens
- Legislation
- Annual Statement for Residential Settings
- Training and Education
Who is this course for?
This online course has been written at an intermediary level 2 for all levels that fit the criteria to take training as part of their role. This includes
- Refresher training
- Inductions
- Awareness
- Knowledge enhancement
Requirements
It is suitable for the following:
- All individuals who want to improve their knowledge and understanding of Working Safely in Domicilary Care
- Health and social care worker delivering intermediate care and reablement in the community and bed-based settings
- Practitioners working in home care, general practice, and housing,
- Those in acute inpatient settings
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