Standard 8 Health and safety in an adult social care setting

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6.2 Be aware of safe practices for Storing hazardous substances Using hazardous substances Disposing of hazardous substances CIS Assessment Induction Workbook – Eight When storing hazardous substances, in any working environment, consider: Where it is stored? Is it secure? Is the room ventilated? The safe quantity you are able to store Fire precautions When using hazardous substances, in any working environment, follow safety precautions: Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Always work from dirtiest area to cleanest when cleaning up spillages Use warning signs if necessary to warn others When disposing of hazardous substances, in any working environment, note: Biological waste must be incinerated Hazardous waste needs to be disposed of in yellow or orange bags Hazardous waste needs to be disposed of separate to household waste 7. Preventing the spread of infection 7.1 Know the main routes by which infection can get into the body Infection control is about controlling the spread of communicable diseases between people. Some of the individuals you support will be particularly vulnerable to infection and this means you need to be extra careful. In order to spread infection, there would need to be a source, a host, a means of transmission and a point of entry. The source could be a person or the surroundings; the host is the person at risk. Transmission could be through contact with another person, equipment, food and drink or pests. The point of entry could be through breathing, eating, drinking, cuts, wounds or medical procedures like catheters or injections. The main routes by which an infection can get into the body are though: Eating contaminated food, for example, resulting in salmonella Water, for example, resulting in cholera Contact with body fluids Airborne through coughing and sneezing Page 18 of 46
Physical contact Contaminated laundry CIS Assessment Induction Workbook – Eight Insects, for example, mosquito bites could result in malaria in some countries It is your responsibility as a care and support worker to prevent cross contamination and promote good infection control procedures. 7.2 Understand the principles of effective hand hygiene Always wash your hands after going to the toilet and after helping an individual. Step 1 Wet your hands thoroughly under warm running water and squirt liquid soap onto the palm of one hand Step 2 Rub your hands together to make lather Step 3 Rub the palm of one hand along the back of the other and along the fingers. Then repeat with the other hand Step 4 Rub in between each of your fingers on both hands and round your thumbs. Pay particular attention to your nails – you may need to use a nail brush. Step 5 Rinse off the soap with clean water Step 6 Dry hands thoroughly on a disposable towel If performed correctly, this should take around 15-30 seconds. You should also use sanitising hand gels when going in and out of different working environments to prevent the spread of infection. Page 19 of 46
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