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Unit 5- Task 1

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Unit 5 - Infection control

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Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Health and Social Care

This assignment covers the first task for infection control- unit 5, ocr level 3 health and social care. P1- Describe common terms in relation to infection control and their meanings. P2- Explain how risks associated with poor infection control are different for different health and social care...

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Uploaded on September 7, 2022
Number of pages 6
Written in 2020/2021
Type Class notes
Professor(s) Pauline molloy
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infection control
vaccines
mmr
covid 19
legislation
hand washing

Book Title:Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Health and Social Care

Author(s):Maria Ferreiro Peteiro, Judith Adams

Edition:Unknown
ISBN:9781471874765
Edition:1

Study Level
BTEC
Examinator
OCR
Subject
Health and Social Care - Level 3
Unit
Unit 5 - Infection control

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Unit 5, Task 1

P1- Describe common terms in relation to infection control and their meanings.

Infection control is practical management in order to try and reduce the spread of a disease and
eliminate the disease if possible.

The term hygiene means “conditions or practices that help to maintain health and prevent disease,
especially through cleanliness to reduce the spread of germs.” (Ferreiro Peteiro et al., 2016) For
example, this could be getting the children to wash their hands before lunch in an early-years setting.

“Infection means the process of bacteria or viruses invading the body and making someone ill or
diseased.” (Ferreiro Peteiro et al., 2016)
“Disease is a disorder or incorrectly functioning organ, part or body systems in a human.” (Ferreiro
Peteiro et al., 2016) For example, kidney or lung disease.

Carriers means a person who might not show any symptoms of the infection but may still be carrying the
infection. For example, someone with coronavirus might not have a cough, loss of taste or smell or a
high temperature but the virus may still be living inside their cells.

Food- borne illness are illnesses that come from eating an infected food, such as mad cow disease from
eating infected meat from the cow.

Pathogenic bacteria is bacteria that causes infection as it is carrying pathogens within it.

“Contamination means to have made something dirty, polluted or poisonous by adding a chemical,
waste or infection.” (Ferreiro Peteiro et al., 2016)

Hazard analysis is a process of identifying, then minimising and controlling the risks of the hazard. A
manager would need to carry out a risk assessment relating to infection control, for example, a nurse
not washing their hands between patients.

People are more at risk if they are in a hospital as they have visitors and workers going in and out of the
hospital at different times, this could lead to a chance of infection.

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