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1 day ago · This video provides a comprehensive overview of how infectious diseases emerge, spread, and are prevented, highlighting the importance of vaccines, hygiene, ...
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2 days ago · Now you have many good ideas on what measures can be undertaken to prevent and control communicable diseases. However, you have to apply these methods effectively in order to prevent and control the most important communicable diseases in your community. But how do you identify these diseases? In the next section we will answer this question.
5 days ago · The World Health Organization (WHO) published the seventh version of the infection prevention and control guideline for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in December 2023. The revision and development process undertaken for this guideline consolidates and updates technical guidance developed and published at the height of the covid-19 pandemic (2020-21) into a single guideline, following WHO ...
5 days ago · Standard precautions. Standard precautions are a set of infection control practices used to prevent transmission of diseases that can be acquired by contact with blood, body fluids, non-intact skin (including rashes), and mucous membranes. Standard precautions should be used when providing care to all patients and residents, whether they appear ...
5 days ago · Preventing and controlling infections. Updated 23 May 2024. This section provides general guidance for staff in settings on the prevention and control of infections. A proactive and preventive ...
- Hand hygieneWhat you need to knowHand hygiene is one of the most important ways of controlling the spread of infections, especially those that cause diarrhoea...
- Respiratory and cough hygieneWhat you need to knowCoughs and sneezes spread diseases. Covering the nose and mouth when sneezing and coughing can reduce the spread of infections...
- CleaningWhat you need to knowKeeping settings clean, including equipment, reduces the risk of transmission. Effective cleaning and disinfection are critica...
- Toileting and sanitationWhat you need to knowGood hygiene practices depend on adequate facilities and clear processes. Hand hygiene is extremely important to emphasise to...
- Personal protective equipmentWhat you need to knowPPE can protect individuals and staff from contamination with blood or bodily fluids, which may contain germs that spread dise...
- Safe management of the environmentVentilationWhat you need to knowVentilation is the process of introducing fresh air into indoor spaces while removing stale air. Letting fresh air...
- Safe management of linen and soft furnishingsWhat you need to knowWhere soft furnishings are used, they should ideally have a wipeable surface.What you need to doIf there is a need for laundry...
- Safe management of blood and bodily fluidsWhat you need to knowBlood and bodily fluids can contain germs that cause infection. It is not always evident whether a person has an infection, an...
- Safe management of waste (including sharps)What you need to doUnder the waste management duty of care, settings must ensure that all waste produced is dealt with by a licensed waste manageme...
- Managing prevention of exposure to infection (including needlestick or sharps injuries, and bites)What you need to knowAn exposure is an injury from a used needle or a bite which breaks the skin, and/or exposure of blood and body fluids onto: br...
4 days ago · Before vaccines were available, many children in the UK died from diseases such as whooping cough, measles and polio. Despite successful immunisation programmes, the diseases that vaccines protect against do still exist. The benefit of immunisation is that your child has the best possible protection against dangerous diseases.
