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UHP Infection Prevention and Management Team

@plymouthipmt

The IPMT acknowledges that the prevention of infection is impossible without the involvement and commitment of all staff, patients and visitors.

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Correct management of linen and care environments is key to maintaining hygiene and patient safety in healthcare. Correct handling, and clean surroundings help prevent infections and ensure comfort. #HealthcareHygiene #LinenManagement #PatientSafety 🏥🧺🧼

Correct management of linen and care environments is key to maintaining hygiene and patient safety in healthcare. Correct handling, and clean surroundings help prevent infections and ensure comfort. #HealthcareHygiene #LinenManagement #PatientSafety 🏥🧺🧼
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Maintaining respiratory and cough hygiene is crucial. Always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or elbow when coughing or sneezing and dispose of tissues in designated bins after. Protecting patients and staff starts with us! #HealthcareSafety #RespiratoryHygiene 🏥🤧🗑️

Maintaining respiratory and cough hygiene is crucial. Always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or elbow when coughing or sneezing and dispose of tissues in designated bins after. Protecting patients and staff starts with us! #HealthcareSafety #RespiratoryHygiene 🏥🤧🗑️
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🧼 Proper management and decontamination of care equipment is vital for patient safety and infection prevention and management. Regular decontamination, correct usage, and strict adherence to protocols ensure a safer healthcare environment. 🏥

🧼 Proper management and decontamination of care equipment is vital for patient safety and infection prevention and management. Regular decontamination, correct usage, and strict adherence to protocols ensure a safer healthcare environment. 🏥
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Ensuring occupational safety in healthcare, including safe sharp management, is vital. Proper disposal, use of safety devices, and regular training help prevent injuries and exposure. Let’s keep our healthcare heroes safe! #HealthcareSafety #SharpsSafety #OccupationalHealth 🏥🩺

Ensuring occupational safety in healthcare, including safe sharp management, is vital. Proper disposal, use of safety devices, and regular training help prevent injuries and exposure. Let’s keep our healthcare heroes safe! #HealthcareSafety #SharpsSafety #OccupationalHealth 🏥🩺
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🧛‍♂️🦠 Get ready for a week of spine-chilling introductions to different bacterias! Stay tuned as we uncover the spooky truths about infections and how to keep them at bay. Today is the Vampire! #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻

🧛‍♂️🦠 Get ready for a week of spine-chilling introductions to different bacterias! Stay tuned as we uncover the spooky truths about infections and how to keep them at bay. Today is the Vampire! #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻
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🦑 Beware The Kracken! 🦑 This October, keep your spaces clean and dry to avoid the tentacles of bacteria! 🧼🧽 #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻

🦑 Beware The Kracken! 🦑
This October, keep your spaces clean and dry to avoid the tentacles of bacteria! 🧼🧽 #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻
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🦠 Infections can lie dormant like mummies, waiting to rise! 🧟‍♂️ Keep them buried by following the 10 standard precautions, especially good hand hygiene, proper PPE, and regular cleaning. Stay vigilant and keep those germs in their tombs! 😷🧴 #InfectionPrevention

🦠 Infections can lie dormant like mummies, waiting to rise! 🧟‍♂️ Keep them buried by following the 10 standard precautions, especially good hand hygiene, proper PPE, and regular cleaning. Stay vigilant and keep those germs in their tombs! 😷🧴 #InfectionPrevention
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Zombies and their taste for human flesh might be fiction, but Necrotizing fasciitis is not, and it is crucial we are aware of what it is! 🧟‍♂️🦠 #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻

Zombies and their taste for human flesh might be fiction, but Necrotizing fasciitis is not, and it is crucial we are aware of what it is! 🧟‍♂️🦠 #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻
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Stay vigilant against Pseudomonas and Legionella! 🦠🚫Proper care and regular maintenance of water systems are key. #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻

Stay vigilant against Pseudomonas and Legionella! 🦠🚫Proper care and regular maintenance of water systems are key. #InfectionPrevention #HalloweenHygiene 🎃👻
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All clinical areas should have a A3 poster of our patient information leaflets QR codes! We hope you are finding them useful, please display them so patients have access to vital information. 🏥

All clinical areas should have a A3 poster of our patient information leaflets QR codes! We hope you are finding them useful, please display them so patients have access to vital information. 🏥
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🎉Happy New Year from the Infection Prevention and Management Team at University Hospitals Plymouth!🎉 Let’s make this new year safer and healthier, together! 💙 #HappyNewYear #InfectionPrevention #UHP #NHS

🎉Happy New Year from the Infection Prevention and Management Team at University Hospitals Plymouth!🎉

Let’s make this new year safer and healthier, together!  💙 #HappyNewYear  #InfectionPrevention #UHP #NHS
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Lots of people are getting #norovirus at the moment. If you catch the winter vomiting bug, stay home for 48 hours after symptoms stop to prevent passing it on.

Lots of people are getting #norovirus at the moment. 

If you catch the winter vomiting bug, stay home for 48 hours after symptoms stop to prevent passing it on.