Home Carer Protection Essentials

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• Home Carer Protection Essentials

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• The whole world is focused on the brave front
  line key workers fighting the coronavirus at the
  moment and rightly so! One such role critical
  to the battle against the pandemic is that of
  home carers.
• Protection is vital not just for home carers
  themselves, but those they work for too make
  sure you have your home carer protection
  essentials!

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The Risks Currently Involved in Working in Home
Care

• The nature of home care is that carers are unable
  to follow the government guidelines on social
  distancing, as their duties simply cant be
  carried out from a 2m distance. The risks,
  therefore, are two-fold to carers firstly that
  they contract the virus from a person for whom
  they are caring that is infected with it, and
  secondly that they carry the virus and pass it
  on to someone for whom they are providing care at
  home. As those requiring a home carer often fall
  into vulnerable health categories, both have the
  potential to be dangerous.
• In order to best avoid either contracting the
  virus from others or infecting others with it,
  sufficient home carer protection measures should
  be followed at all times.

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Protection Measures a Home Carer Can Take

• The government has set out guidelines for social
  and care workers regarding the use of PPE
  (Personal Protective Equipment) while working.
  The government measures include, but are by no
  means limited to
• Gloves and Protective Aprons Home carers often
  wear gloves for specific duties anyway, but use
  may currently extend beyond that considered
  basic. Disposable gloves should be changed after
  every human contact and with the latest research
  showing that the virus is able to live on hard
  surfaces, they should also be used when touching
  anything in the home. Aprons need to be changed
  less often but are also always to be considered
  single use as per SICPs (Standard Infection
  Control Procedures).

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• Hand Sanitiser There are many circumstances
  within which a home carer may wish to wash their
  hands but are unable to. In these situations,
  hand sanitiser gel is recommended as an easy way
  to detox the skin of bacteria and allow for an
  efficient resumption of duties. It is
  acknowledged that hand sanitiser is currently
  difficult to purchase but lots of high street
  retailers will help as they can when presented
  with professional identification.
• Fluid Protection Surgical Mask Should a FPS
  mask be required, it may be used for a single
  session of patient work rather than disposed of
  after every duty. However, these should always be
  changed between individuals.

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• Personal Lunchbox and Water Bottle Travelling
  to a shop to purchase a single meal is now
  considered inessential and so goes against
  government advice not to mention, of course,
  that it immediately exposes you to more germs.
  Home carers should, therefore, travel with their
  lunch, drinks and any snacks, and only consume
  them in the privacy and safe space of their own
  vehicle.
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• Are you interested in a Home care jobs in Epsom ?
  Find out more about working in home care and the
  opportunities that we have available in and
  around Epsom at AM2PM Quality Care.
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