Designed to help you develop policies and procedures to create a sustainable and effective infection prevention program in your healthcare program, Infection Control Manual for Home Care/Hospice addresses all of the major issues that every program must address. You are encouraged to customize the manual's contents to suit your agency's specific needs with the CD-ROM of policies included with the manual.
Major Topics Included:
- Getting your infection prevention program started
- Orienting your new hires and volunteers
- Understanding isolation practices: Hand hygiene, cough etiquette, and the three categories of transmission-based precautions
- Creating a bloodborne pathogen exposure control plan that complies with OSHA regulations
- Developing a suitable tuberculosis control plan for your agency
- Formulating an annual employee health review program
- Reacting to an outbreak: Identifying and investigating the causes
- Addressing bioterrorism: how to prepare for and respond to an anthrax threat or influenza pandemic
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Infection Prevention
Chapter 2: New Hire Orientation
Chapter 3: Isolation Practices
Chapter 4: Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control
Chapter 5: Tuberculosis Control Plan
Chapter 6: Client Care Practices
Chapter 7: Waste Management
Chapter 8: Employee Health
Chapter 9: Outbreak Investigations
Chapter 10: Emergency Preparedness
Infection Control Manual for Home Care/Hospice includes a CD with all the policies so they can be made facility-specific. Returns are allowed only if the CD packet is not opened.
