The professional caregiver is autonomously and independently able to care for patients/clients with multi-resistant germs, isolate them according to hygiene rules, and advise others with regard to applying hygiene standards. | The professional caregiver is able to: - identify patient’s/client’s need for isolation and choose appropriate procedures (e.g. MRE infection),
- use disinfectants with special effects (e.g. with viricidal effects in patients/clients with herpes),
- act on principles of infection control by separating vulnerable patients/clients (e.g. move patients/clients into another room, cohort isolation),
- sort and arrange medical instruments according to their risk assessment,
- use sterile medical devices (e.g. bladder catheters) in a sterile procedure,
- apply sterile procedures (e.g. when performing injections and infusions),
- monitor and guide other professionals to ensure they comply with hygiene procedures (e.g. hand washing, using personal protective equipment),
- use germicidal lamps.
| The professional caregiver is able to: - name different natures and kinds of germs (e.g. bacteria, viruses, funguses, salmonella, MRSA, candida albicans, Norovirus, HIV),
- name germ-related actions of disinfectants (e.g. bactericidal, tuberculocidal, mycobactericidal, sporicidal, fungicidal, viricidal),
- name risk groups for infections (e.g. patients/clients after prolonged hospitalisation, with antibiotic therapy, with invasive drains and therapies, with decubitus, new-borns and elderly people),
- explain the term cohort isolation,
- describe characteristics of infections and their development (e.g. local signs such as redness, swelling, temperature elevation),
- describe the concept of reverse isolation (e.g. in the case of strongly immunocompromised patients/clients in oncology),
- sort different medical instruments to different risk groups (e.g. uncritical for external use, semi-critical for mucous membrane application and critical for skin penetration),
- explain invasive procedures for preserving sterility (e.g. install a bladder catheter),
- explain the preparation of an infusion solution with regard to sterility (see also CA.3.2).
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