Standard Precautions (Community, Ireland)
‘Standard Precautions for infection control’ focuses on four key areas:
Infection Prevention & Control
- Healthcare associated infection in Ireland
- Main types of healthcare associated infection
- Increased occurrence of healthcare associated infection
- The chain of infection
- Why the need to control infection
- Your role in infection prevention and control
Hand Hygiene
- Importance of hand hygiene
- What is on your hands
- Effective hand hygiene
- Social hand hygiene
- Antiseptic hand hygiene
- When to use each technique
- Your role in hand hygiene
Standard Precautions (Community, Ireland)
Waste Management & Decontamination Issues
- What healthcare waste is (risk waste/non-risk waste)
- Packaging and disposal of healthcare risk waste
- Correct management of sharps
- Segregation of laundry
- Single use and reusable equipment
- Decontamination of healthcare equipment
- Management of blood spillages
- Your role in healthcare waste management and decontamination
Personal Protection
- The need for personal protective equipment
- Types of personal protective equipment
- When to use the different types of equipment
- Dealing with inoculation injuries
- Your role in personal protection