Unit 4223-026- Select and wear appropriate personal protective equipment for work in health care setting
Outcome 1 -Understand legislation local policy and protocol in relation to dressing for work in a health care setting.
1) Explain organisational policies and protocols in relation to preparing and dressing for work in health care settings.
The policies have being made for the staff member, patients and colleagues to feel safe and comfortable with being in the health care setting. Here are some of the polices that all staff must follow;
All Staff should maintain a professional appearance at work whiles representing the health care sector. To make the patients, visitors and colleagues feel comfortable.
All Staff members must…show more content… 2) Explain standard precautions for infection prevention and control which affect own practise in preparing and dressing for work
What are Standard Infection Control Precautions? Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICP) is designed to prevent recognised and unrecognised source of infection to transmission. Those sources of infection could be blood or other body fluid, this also goes for any equipment or items in the care which are likely to become infected or contaminated.
The reason why the Standard infection Control Precaution is so necessary is to protect the safety of the health care professionals, patients and other users of the health care centre.
In the ‘Uniform Policy’ it stakes what you should and shouldn’t be wearing to work, those are some of the example for hygiene reasons ;
• ‘’Uniforms must be clean and neatly pressed. They must fit appropriately and meet with health and safety requirements with respect to lifting and
