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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Leading from the Inside Out
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Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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Guidelines & Regulations

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The Province has introduced a new masking policy for all healthcare workers who provide direct care effective immediately. Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that […]
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Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that masking is just one part of a comprehensive infection prevention and control (IPAC) strategy. To enhance your efforts, […]
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Safety Huddle

Handwashing

Learn to follow proper hand washing procedures.

Instructions

  • Before the huddle, print out the hand washing poster and post them at the sinks around your site.
  • Start the safety huddle by watching the Eden Gardens hand washing training video. Then, use the guiding questions to facilitate a discussion about hand washing.

After this huddle Staff should be able to:

  • Follow proper hand washing procedures

Notes to the huddle leader

  • Consider adding an activity to this huddle, where everyone physically participates in a simulation of washing their hands for the time is takes to sing Happy Birthday twice.

Guiding questions

  • Why is it important to wash your hands in the setting that we work in?
  • How do you properly wash your hands?
  • When should you wash your hands?
  • Are any barriers preventing you from washing your hands properly at work? If so, how can they be adequately addressed?

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Hand hygiene, either with soap and water or with alcohol-based handrub, is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick and spreading infections to others. Indeed, hand hygiene is an easy, inexpensive, and effective mean to prevent the spread of germs and keep everyone healthy.
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Hand hygiene, either with soap and water or with alcohol-based handrub, is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick and spreading infections to others. Indeed, hand hygiene is an easy, inexpensive, and effective mean to prevent the spread of germs and keep everyone healthy.
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Spread the Word - Posters - SafeCare BC
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Spread the Word - Posters - SafeCare BC
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Here’s a reminder from our staff on how to keep your hands clean and keep yourself and your loved ones safe.
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British Columbia has announced the termination of the Emergency Order enacted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza by taking proper infection control measures in your workplace.
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The Province has introduced a new masking policy for all healthcare workers who provide direct care effective immediately. Staff Requirements Visitor Guidance With an increase in viral respiratory illnesses (VRI) across the province, the Ministry of Health has introduced new masking measures to help control the spread of these illnesses. It's important to remember that […]
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More Safety Huddles

Working with clients or residents and their families is not always easy. You may not be able to control how others act, but you can control how you respond.
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Learn how to properly use lifts to avoid musculoskeletal injury.
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Learn when it is safe to transfer a person in care and know what to do if it is not safe to transfer.
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Read the scenario out loud and use the guiding questions to facilitate a discussion about intoxication in client homes.
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Pets in the Home
Learn to deal with pets according to their organization's policies and react appropriately when a pet poses a risk.
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Learn to report and recognize heat exhaustion and take preventative measures to help avoid the ill effects of heat stress.
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Learn to describe how dementia can change a person’s brain and explain why the strategies shown in the video are effective.
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