Safe and Clean Care

Infection Prevention and Control for Health and Social Care Students

Tina Tilmouth, Simon Tilmouth

• Publisher: Lantern Publishing
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781906052089
• eBook ISBN: 9781906052331
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Nursing

Safe and Clean Care is the responsibility of all those working in Health and Social Care and this book will provide much-needed guidance on responsibility, accountability and good practice with respect to infection prevention and control. Whether you are training to work in hospitals, in the community or undertaking client-based care in care homes and other locations, standard infection prevention and control procedures underpin safe practice and this book covers everything you need to know in order to reduce infection risks for you and your clients/patients.This textbook will teach you basic microbiology to help you develop knowledge and understanding of the types of infection you are likely to encounter in the workplace. It will show how infection is spread, contained and how we can control infection through effective personal hygiene, cleaning and waste management. The chapters reference the Skills for Care Knowledge Set on Infection Prevention and Control and the Skills for Health Infection Prevention and Control Competencies. The content is also mapped against other government and Department of Health guidelines and policy, the NMC Essential Skills Clusters and advice published by the RCN and other health and social care organisations. Safe and Clean Care is an informative and interactive textbook for students and a valuable reference guide for all those working in health and social care. This book will inspire you to perform safely and to the highest care standards.

Added to a page number ‘f’ denotes a figure and ‘t’ denotes a table.

A-type influenza 44, 45, 46

accidents, notification and recording 98

aerobe 21

agglutination 17

AIDS 12

airborne transmission 13, 22, 58

alcohol 87t

alcohol rub 74, 75f

alcohol wipes 86

amylase 5

anaerobe 19

Anopheles 13

antibiotic resistance 4, 25, 26-7

antibiotics 25

disruption of cell membranes 26

Gram staining 6

inhibition of cell wall synthesis 25

inhibition of cellular biochemistry 26

terminology 25

antibodies 12, 16, 17

antigens 6, 16, 18

antiviral agents 25

aprons 78

Asian flu 45

Audit Commission report (1997) 81

autoclaves 90-1

autoclaving 90

avian (bird) flu 45, 46, 62

Ayliffe technique 76

azidothymidine 25

B lymphocytes 16, 17

bacteria

antibiotic resistant 26-7

cell biology

cell size 4

cell structure 5f

cell type 3-7

cells within the human body 3

commensal 5-6, 11

horizontal transfer of genes 4

reproduction 4, 10

endospore production 11

pathogenic 3, 5, 73

penetration of mucous membranes 11

bacterial names 19

bacterial toxins 12

bacteriocidal 25

bacteriostatic 25

barrier creams 76

bathroom areas, disinfection 88-9

bed linen, pasteurisation 89

bedpans, pasteurisation 89

beds, disinfection 89

binary fission 10

binomen (binary combination) 19

biological hazards 116

bird (avian) flu 45, 46, 62

blood-borne infections 49, 58

body fluids, exposure to hazardous 100-1

Body Substance Isolation (BSI) 58

boiling 89-90

broad spectrum antibiotics 25, 39

bronchitis 44, 62

Candida albicans 11

capsid 9

capsule 5f

care homes

rate of HCAIs 37-41

staff role, infection control 112-16

care reports 106

Care Standards Act (2000) 114

care workers, health promotion 116-18

CD4 helper cells 12

cell biology (cytology) 3-9

cell membranes

disruption of 26

eukaryotic 7f, 8

prokaryotic 5f, 6

cell wall, bacterial 5f, 6

cell wall synthesis, inhibition 25

cellular biochemistry, inhibition of 26

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 47, 58

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of abbreviations
• Introduction
• What is infection: how is it spread, controlled and prevented?
• Infections in the workplace
• Preventing and controlling infection: the law, policy and standards
• Cleaning and waste management
• Infection control and personal hygiene – keeping yourself and your service users safe
• Roles, responsibilities and education
• Glossary
• References
• Index