5N3734 Infection Prevention and Control, Assignment, OC, Ireland

PART A:

1. Explore briefly the role of the infection prevention and control team in a healthcare setting, outlining three (3) key members of the team
2. Describe the dress code for healthcare workers and summarise the principal policies and regulations they must adhere to.
3. During the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining healthcare staff is vitally important. What are the primary/most common symptoms of COVID-19 which would deem staff unfit for work and require them to be tested?
4. What are the guidelines for reporting ‘sick with vomiting and diarrhoea’? When can healthcare staff return to work after these symptoms subside?
5. What advice would you give someone going to travel abroad, in relation to travel associated infections?

PART B

1. Describe four (4) blood borne viruses and outline of each of them are
   contracted and manifest.
2. Outline six (6) standard precautions used to prevent the spread of COVID-19

PART C

• Antibiotics are divided into different classes. Explain briefly what they are and how they work.
• Summarise how antibiotic resistance occurs.
• 10 Outline the importance of correct and safe antibiotic use to avoid antibiotic resistance.