Loving Heart Health Care Agency prides itself on providing and maintaining a high standard of infection control. Our staff are trained with the most updated infection control information in the Health Care Industry .
Loving Heart Health Care Agency prides itself on providing and maintaining a high standard of infection control. Our staff are trained with the most updated infection control information in the Health Care Industry .
Standard precautions are used for all patient care services. They are based on a risk assessment and make use of common-sense practices and personal protective equipment that protect both patients and healthcare providers. Transmission-based precautions are used in addition to standard precaution for patients with known or suspected infections
Routine Practices to reduce the spread of infection:
- Hand hygiene [including point of care Alcohol based hand rub (ABHR)].
- Point of Care Risk Assessment (PCRA).
- Source control (triage, early diagnosis and treatment, respiratory hygiene, spatial separation).
- Aseptic technique.
- Use of personal protective equipment.
- Sharps safety and prevention of blood borne pathogen (BBP) transmission.
- Management of the resident care environment
- Cleaning and disinfection of the resident care environment
- Handling of waste and linen.
- Education of residents, families, and staff.
Hand Hygiene is mandatory before and after all resident care.
Examples when hand hygiene must be performed:
- Before any sterile procedure.
- Before preparing medications.
- Before starting work and before leaving the work area.
- Before direct resident care.
- Before handling food, feeding or assisting in the feeding of residents
- When necessary during resident care to prevent spread of organisms to other body sites.
- When hands are visibly soiled.
Before and after eating, drinking, smoking, handling personal care products.
- Before and after contact with open areas, urinary catheters, respiratory suctioning equipment, or any invasive procedure, even though gloves have been worn.
- After providing care to any resident regardless of whether gloves are worn.
- After contact with the resident’s personal environment area regardless of whether gloves are worn.
- Immediately following removal of gloves.
- After using the toilet.