The professional caregiver autonomously and independently verifies hygiene procedures and guidelines, adjusts them to newer empirical findings, tests hygiene outcomes and teaches others about hygiene procedures and behaviour. | The professional caregiver is able to: - apply legal regulations for the documentation of hygiene procedures (e.g. routine inspections, adapting to changes in legislation),
- take over the hygiene management and carry out risk assessments for hazardous areas (e.g. monitoring laundry hygiene and food hygiene in the facility, surgical wing of the hospital),
- prepare, check and adapt disinfection plans and cleaning plans,
- carry out swab test according to the regulations and in case of need,
- monitor research activities in the field of hygiene and to apply findings to their own facility (e.g. to multi-resistant pathogens),
- collaborate with other professions and, if necessary, enforce legal regulations (e.g. the housekeeping department, kitchen staff, attending physician, board of directors of the facility),
- plan and implement further training sessions on hygiene,
- initiate specific measures in the presence of multi-resistant pathogens,
- monitor the documentation of hygiene measures carried out (see also CA.A.2),
- monitor and assess epidemiological situations (e.g. in the ward, department, facility),
- keep a register of adverse hygiene events,
- cooperate with relevant superior institutions (e.g. national authorities, World Health Organisation).
| The professional caregiver is able to: - explain the legal framework for behaviour in disasters (see also CA.B.3)
- describe tasks of hygiene management (e.g. annual training of employees),
- designate hygiene management measures and explain how it is done (e.g. monitoring food hygiene, regular blot examinations on the kitchen’s work surfaces),
- name essential elements of cleaning plans and disinfecting plans (e.g. what, using what, how often, by whom it has to be done),
- describe the procedure of a swab test (e.g. smearing of surfaces and breeding in the incubator),
- name professional journals in the field of hygiene,
- name arguments for the adaptation of work processes to hygiene needs (e.g. increasing time interval between operations for the implementation of hygiene measures after increased occurrence of postoperative infections, isolation and 24-hour care of
- patients/clients with 4-multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria by only one care professional),
- name who should receive training in hygiene (e.g. caregivers, housekeeping, external staff such as physiotherapists, and carriers of multi-resistant pathogens),
- describe the preparation of hygiene training courses (e.g. for carriers of multi-resistant pathogens after hospitalisation),
- name multi-resistant pathogens (e.g. methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, multi-resistant gram-negative pathogens),
- explain the particular threats of multi-resistant pathogens (e.g. 3 multidrug resistant gram-negative bacteria and the absence of the effect of three different classes of antibiotics).
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