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Laura works as a care assistant in a care home and wants to find out the correct hand washing method and when people should be washing her hands in the care home.[QUESTION] She also wants to be able to promote this within the care home.[SHARE]
She knows that there is a campaign as she has seen the adverts on television and in the newspapers. Laura looks up google [SOURCE] to try to find out information on the hand hygiene campaign. She finds the website www.washyourhandsofthem.com. [FIND] She looks for information on how to wash your hands and also on how to promote hand hygiene in the care home and finds most of the information she needs. She completes an additional google search looking for additional hand hygiene information related to care homes. [SOURCE, FIND]
She finds some additional Scottish Government guidelines and NES hand hygiene training module which she finds useful. [FIND]
She puts together the relevant information and publications from the website and additional search. [COMBINE] She shares the information with her manager and they create hand hygiene policies and arrange staff training. [SHARE, APPLY] The policy and promotional information are used within the care home. [APPLY]
| Question | | What is the correct way to wash hands and when should this be done within a care home? |
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| Source | | Google |
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| Find | | NHSScotland Wash your hands of them website. |
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| Evaluate | | Needs to find out more information on hand washing within care homes so undertakes a further google search. |
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| Combine | | Used the relevant information from the Wash your hands of them website and the information from the Infection Control Policies for Care Homes on the Scottish Government Website |
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| Share | | Shares this information with the staff at the care home to discuss the implementation of a hand hygiene policy. |
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| Apply | | All staff are trained in the hand hygiene policy and promotional materials are used throughout the care home. |
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