Care Certificate
Course Content
- Introduction to the Care Certificate Course
- Standard 1 - Understand Your Role
- Standard 2 - Your Personal Development
- Standard 3 - Duty of Care
- Introduction to the Duty of Care Standard
- Addressing dilemmas within your duty of care
- Duty of care
- Recognising and handling comments, complaints and incidents
- Managing conflict and difficult situations
- How to deal with comments and complaints
- Supporting independence
- Incidents, Errors and Near Misses
- Standard 4 - Equality and Diversity
- Introduction to the standard on Equality and Diversity
- About equality and diversity
- The purpose of the Equality Act 2010
- Types of discrimination
- Protected characteristics
- Explaining equal opportunities
- Diversity
- Inclusion
- Prejudice
- Diversity and discrimination
- What to do if you suffer from discrimination
- The Code of Conduct
- Reducing the Likelihood of Discrimination in Care
- Information, advice and support
- Standard 5 - Working in a Person Centred Way
- Introduction to working in a person-centred way
- Working in partnership with others
- Record keeping in care
- The Care Plan
- The importance of finding out the history, preferences, wishes and needs of the individual
- Minimising environmental factors that may cause discomfort or distress
- Person centred values in practice
- Supporting individuals to minimise pain or discomfort
- Communication and Person Centred Care
- Working to promote person centred values
- Supporting individuals to plan for their future wellbeing and fulfilment, including end-of-life care
- Encouraging Person Centred Care
- Standard 6 - Communication
- Introduction to the Communication Standard
- Effective communication in the work setting
- Language and other needs in communication
- Verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Communication
- Identifying A Complaint
- Dealing with aggression
- Defusing potentially dangerous situations
- Recognising danger signs
- Confidentiality in Care
- Standard 7 - Privacy and Dignity
- Standard 8 - Fluids and Nutrition
- Introduction to the Fluids and Nutrition Standard
- High risk groups of people for food safety
- Cross-contamination direct and indirect
- Preventing cross-contamination
- The importance of nutrition
- Guidelines for a healthy diet
- Hydration In the Elderly
- Hydration In the Elderly
- Fluids and Hydration
- Nutrition and the elderly
- Malnutrition
- Diets for people with dementia
- Standard 9 - Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities
- Introduction to standard on mental health, dementia and learning disabilities
- What is Dementia?
- Classifications of Dementia
- Early diagnosis of Dementia and reporting
- Risk factors affecting the chance of developing dementia
- Helping people with Dementia
- Things that can help people with Dementia
- Things that help the carer
- Diet, meals and Dementia
- A Healthy Body
- The Social Model of Disability
- Communication and Dementia
- The safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006
- The Human Rights Act 1998
- Discriminatory Abuse and the Equality Act
- Mental health conditions
- MCA Assessment Criteria
- MCA Assessment
- What is mental capacity
- Where to get help
- Learning Disabilities
- Standard 10 - Safeguarding Adults
- Adult Safeguarding Standard Introduction
- What is SOVA?
- CQC or Care Quality Commission
- Protection from Harassment Act 1997
- The Sexual Offences Act 2003
- The Mental Capacity Act 2005
- The Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards principles
- Facts And Information About Abuse
- Who Is A Vulnerable Adult?
- Vulnerable adults and the risk of harm
- Abuse and its Indicators
- Physical Abuse
- Psychological Abuse
- Sexual Abuse
- Financial Abuse
- Neglect Self Neglect and The Act Of Omission
- Organisational abuse and Discriminatory Abuse
- Consent
- Disclosure
- The importance of individualised person-centred care to ensure an individuals safety
- Responding to suspected or disclosed abuse
- Managing risk and Multi-agency safeguarding of adults
- Reporting abuse
- Whistleblowing
- How to Whistleblow
- Serious case reviews and sources of advice and information
- Standard 11 - Safeguarding Children
- Child Protection standard introduction
- Legislation relating to Safeguarding Children
- The Acts and Safeguarding Children
- Serious Organised Crime and police Act 2005
- What is Child Abuse?
- Emotional abuse
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Other types of child abuse
- Every Child Matters
- The rights of a child
- Neglect and the act of omission
- Radicalisation
- Working with others
- Key supporting information
- What children want from Professionals
- Protecting yourself against allegations
- Reporting child abuse
- Scottish Legislation in Care
- The Key Role of KCSIE in Child Protection in the UK
- Standard 12 - Basic Life Support
- Introduction to Basic Life Support standard
- Fears of First Aid
- Asking permission and consent to help
- Calling the Emergency Services
- Chain of Survival
- DR ABC and the ABCD'S
- Initial Assessment and Recovery Position
- Using gloves
- Adult CPR Introduction
- Adult CPR
- CPR Hand Over
- Compressions Only CPR
- Child CPR
- Child CPR Breakdown
- Infant CPR
- Drowning
- AED Introduction
- Types of AED Units
- Adult Choking
- Choking in children
- Infant Choking
- Standard 13 - Health and Safety
- Introduction to the Health and Safety standard
- Health and safety tasks that should only be carried out after special training
- Importance of Health and Safety
- What causes accidents?
- When an Accident Happens
- Accidents and sudden illness
- Health and Safety Law
- Manual handling Employee and Employer responsibility
- Workplace and personal Safety
- The Accident Triangle
- Why prevention is important and what can be done
- The 5 stages of the Risk Assessment
- What is a hazard
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Working safely and securely
- Hazardous substances in your workplace
- COSHH Regulations
- Employee Duties Under COSHH
- The Fire Triangle
- Calling the Fire Service
- Evacuating in an Emergency
- Care Home Evacuation
- Good Housekeeping
- Electrical Hazards
- Managing stress
- Medication and healthcare activities and tasks
- Why Manual Handling is Important
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- How and Why We Lift Correctly
- Before we start moving and assisting people
- LOLER and PUWER Regulations
- Other Relevant Acts
- Ability Test
- Assisted standing from a bed or seat
- Assisted Sit to Stand
- Fall Prevention
- Assisting Fallen Person
- Walking Frames
- Wheelchairs
- Standard 14 - Handling Information
- Handling information standard Introduction
- Handling information in health and social care
- GDPR Compliance
- Data Subject and Personal Data under GDPR
- The Information Commissioner's Office
- The Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Who holds personal information
- Public authorities and Freedom Of Information
- Record Keeping, Management and Responsibilities
- Reporting concerns
- Privacy Principles under GDPR
- Does GDPR apply to me
- The right to be informed
- Lawful, Fairness and Transparency
- Purpose limitation
- Data minimisation
- Data accuracy
- Storage limitation
- Data Security
- Accountability
- Standard 15 - Infection Prevention and Control
- Introduction to Infection Control
- What are Blood Borne Pathogens?
- Infection Control Legislation
- Who is at risk?
- Types of Infections
- Skin Diseases
- The Chain of infection
- First Aid and Infection Control
- Contaminated objects
- Contaminated Linen
- Cross Infection
- Example of indirect cross contamination
- How to Reduce Your Risk
- Surface Cleaning
- Hazardous products and sharps disposal
- Hand hygiene policy
- Using gloves
- Hand Washing
- Disposable Aprons
- Waterless hand gels
- Protecting Vulnerable People
- Summary and what's next
Contaminated objects
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Any object contaminated with blood or blood products from an infected person must be regarded as a potential source of blood-borne virus infection for those handling it if a means of delivery of the virus into the body exists. Examples include sharp objects but also soft waste such as discarded dressings, contaminated clothing or linen. The surfaces of damaged motor vehicles can also harbour a contamination following road traffic incidents, particularly if those involved have suffered traumatic injury and blood loss. It must be assumed there is a risk of infection unless the item concerned has been decontaminated by an effective means. Sharps include any item that can cause laceration or puncture wounds. These present a special hazard if there is any contamination by blood although it may not be visibly soiled. They should be handled with care if contamination is known or suspected. Examples of sharps include discarded hypodermic needles, instruments used in invasive operations including blood sampling, surgery, dentistry, acupuncture, ear piercing and tattooing. Emergency services cutting equipment is also at risk as is broken glass and jagged metal. For safety and security, small sharps should be placed in sharps disposal containers until decontaminated or incinerated. There should never be a need to re-sheath a used syringe needle and by using appropriate sharps containers this will always be avoided. Whenever possible, separation of the needle from the syringe should also be avoided as this increases the risk of blood spillage and sharps injuries. It is worth mentioning that some sharps bins have mechanisms that can safely remove needles. There are a number of initiatives to reduce the number of contaminated sharps injuries including the use of safer needle devices and needle exchange programmes. Medical, dental, laboratory or other equipment that is reusable and has been in contact with blood or body fluids which has not been decontaminated adequately may present a risk of infection for both workers and patients. Reusable devices must therefore be decontaminated between uses on different individuals. If an item of equipment is to be sent for examination or repair, it should, wherever possible, be decontaminated before dispatch.
Handling and Disposal of Objects Contaminated with Bloodborne Viruses
This guide provides essential information on how to manage the risks associated with objects contaminated with blood or blood products, potentially carrying Bloodborne Viruses (BBVs).
Potential Sources of BBV Infection
Identifying contaminated objects as infection risks:
- Objects contaminated with blood from an infected person are potential BBV sources.
- Includes sharp objects, discarded dressings, contaminated clothing or linen, and damaged motor vehicle surfaces.
Assuming Risk of Infection
Precautionary principle in handling contaminated items:
- Treat all items as infectious unless properly decontaminated.
Special Hazard of Sharps
Understanding the risks and handling of sharps:
- Items causing lacerations or puncture wounds, such as needles, surgical instruments, and broken glass, are particularly hazardous.
- These should be handled carefully, especially if contamination is known or suspected.
Safe Disposal and Decontamination of Sharps
Best practices for managing sharps:
- Use sharps disposal containers for safe containment.
- Avoid re-sheathing used needles and separating needles from syringes.
- Consider sharps bins with mechanisms for safe needle removal.
Initiatives to Reduce Sharps Injuries
Measures to minimize risks:
- Implementation of safer needle devices and needle exchange programmes.
Decontamination of Reusable Medical Equipment
Ensuring safety in medical settings:
- Reusable medical devices must be decontaminated between uses.
- Equipment sent for examination or repair should be decontaminated beforehand.
Adhering to these guidelines helps ensure the safety of workers and patients and reduces the risk of BBV transmission.
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