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Safe and Clean Care:
Infection Prevention and Control for Health and Social Care Students

By TINA TILMOUTH with SIMON TILMOUTH

 
   

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Description

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.

The Ebook edition of 'Safe and Clean Care' is now available. Click HERE to buy the Ebook.

 

Key Features

Up-to-date textbook for students and all those working in health and social care.

Includes an introduction to the microbiology of infection.

Explicit references to competencies, knowledge sets, ESCs and Department of Health policy and guidelines.

Learning is supported by activities, case studies, reflection points, diagrams and illustrations.

 

Author Biographies

Tina Tilmouth is Lecturer in Health and Social Care at Ludlow College.

 

Reviews
‘This is a comprehensive and informative book which would also act as a useful refresher for qualified staff as well as health care students. I particularly like the activities which challenge student thinking but it is excellent that the answers have also been provided so the students can have feedback on how they performed. It is a well written book that follows a logical sequence, reinforcing and restating that HAI is potentially life threatening. Students who read this book will have a clear understanding of how to prevent cross contamination in all areas of clinical practice. Reviewing the historical context of infectious diseases, together with present day policies helps the student to understand how infection has evolved and the impact on modern health care.’ (Lecturer, Coventry University.)

‘This will be an ideal book for first-year nurses to use to increase their knowledge base in relation to infection control.’ (Lecturer, Glyndwr University.)

‘This is an excellent resource fitting a range of units within the BTEC courses. It is well-written, very thoroughly researched and uses case studies to great effect. It is also full of useful facts which can prompt further study. Many thanks to Tina and Reflect Press.’ (Lecturer, Herefordshire College of Technology.)
Contents List
Introduction

Chapter 1: What is infection? How is it spread, controlled and prevented?

Chapter 2: Infection in hospitals, care homes and the community

Chapter 3: Preventing and controlling infection: the law, policy and standards

Chapter 4: Cleaning and waste management

Chapter 5: Infection control and personal hygiene: keeping yourself and your service users safe

Chapter 6: Roles, responsibilities and education

References
Glossary
Index

Edition: 1
Price: £15.00
Pub. Date: 30 January 2009
ISBN: 978 1 906052 08 9
No. of Pages: 144
Status: Published and Available to Buy
 
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