Care homes

Tackling HCAI (Healthcare Associated Infections) is a key priority for the NHS and social care. The Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of Practice for healthcare and adult social care on the prevention and control of healthcare associated infection and related guidance (known as The Code) reinforces this with statutory legislation.

Many of the care homes within Kirklees have been visited by the Infection Prevention and Control Team who have undertaken an audit as well as offering support and advice. The information provided on this page has proved to be useful to home staff to promote infection prevention and control within their homes.

The sections are

Infection Control Guidance for Care Homes

Audit tools

Infection Prevention Audit for Care Homes

Overall score sheet

Care home link worker 2/2/12

Catheter Care

Essential Steps

Care Home Link Worker Infection Prevention and Control

The Wonderful World of Microbiology

Outbreak of diarrhoea and/or vomiting

Risk assessment stickers

Home closed poster

Care pathway

Post outbreak audit tool

Collecting faecal samples

Bristol stool chart

Form for faecal samples

Recording sheets

Resident recording sheet

Staff recording sheet

Flu outbreak

Influenza outbreak information sheet

Managing outbreaks in care homes

Recording form (residents)

Scabies information

Care pathway management

Risk Assessments

Client Risk Assessment – Management of Clostridium difficile (C. diff)

Infection Prevention and Control Risk Assessment Tool to Prevent the Spread of Infection

Client Risk Assessment – Management of MRSA

Posters and Leaflets

Advice for those affected by MRSA outside of hospital

Clostridium difficile - What is it?

Handwashing

Hand cleaning techniques

Panton-Valentine Leukocidin positive - Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA)

Scabies

What is Infection Control?

Essential steps to safe, clean care

Introduction and guidance notes

Foreword

Essential steps to safe, clean care

Essential steps to safe, clean care - Enteral feeding

Self-assessment tool for care homes

Preventing the spread of infection

Urinary catheter care

Certificate

Chronic Wounds Care Bundle: Patient Management

Chronic Wound care bundle: Wound care actions

Prompts for assessors - Audit 1 Preventing the spread of infection

Prompts for assessors - Audit 2 Enteral feeding

Prompts for assessors - Audit 3a Urinary catheter insertion

Prompts for assessors - Audit 3b Urinary catheter continuing care

Reducing the Risk of Infection in Chronic Wounds Care Bundle

Product information

Including Water soluble laundry bags, Large plastic bags for mattress storage, Vernaclean Indicator Single Roll, Urine and Vomit Spill Kit, Biohazard Spills Kit.

Clinell Indicator Tape And Pads

Miscellaneous

6.5g Chlor-Clean Detergent Sanitiser Tablets - Material Safety Data Sheet

Animals – infection control information

Infection control programme

Information about the Health Professions Council

Colour coded cleaning equipment

Controlling legionella in nursing and residential care homes

CQUIN Catheterisation

Example of annual statement for compliance with infection control

Example of cleaning specification

Health Professions Council - Your duties as a registrant

Mattress info

Decontamination certificate

Don’t judge a mattress by its cover poster

Infection Prevention and Control team

Mattress Audit Tool

Mattress storage bags information

Pictoral guide for moving and cleaning matress

Supporting information