Gloves will pick up and transfer germs in exactly the same way as ungloved hands! 🖐
Gloves are often misused, inadvertently contributing to infection risks. ❌
Watch below for when gloves should be used 📺.
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#IIPW #IIPW 23 IPS

AMUSHH 💙 💙Keeping up to date with Infection Prevention IP Stockport NHS Michelle 💙 Jacki simpson #staffeducation #everydayaschoolday

Exciting opportunity to join our team. #VAD #vesselhealth Stockport NHS FT IP Stockport NHS jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Raising awareness of the importance of hand washing AMUSHH 💙 Acute Frailty Unit Stockport NHS FT IP Stockport NHS

Well Ellie this is the correct thing you have done all month, wishing everyone a merry Christmas from IP Stockport NHS HH Nesta Nicola Firth

Day 24. One more sleep!

Chef Eric has been preparing the turkey while Edwin has been baking!
To avoid food poisoning ensure turkeys are defrosted throughly before cooking.
Ensure they are cooked all the way through and no pink meat remains! 🦃

#foodpoisoning #IPC #stayelfy

Day 23! (Two more sleeps)

The elves are having a rave which isn’t what I had in mind when I said we were using the glow box!
Anyway they are learning the correct hand hygiene technique to make sure they remove as many organisms as possible!
#IPC #infectioncontrol #handhygiene

Elfie, I said you need to relax after a busy IPC year for youe Elf and wellbeing but not like this. Donkey's need time out, they are not for our pleasure.HH Nesta Nicola Firth

Elfie how long have you had that rash? Have you told the IPC team? Cases of measles are on the increase so please keep yourself safe by getting vaccinated HH Nesta Nicola Firth

So today a very emotional day SteppingHill catering department as our leader Duncan ONeill who has worked here for the last 39 years is off on a new adventure🙃 From all of your team and many,many other colleagues here SteppingHill hospital we wish you the best of luck 💪😘

Day 22! Edwin is back from measles isolation and someone has left floury footprints all across the floor!
Maintaining a clean environment can help reduce the burden of organisms helping to prevent infection.
Remember to use the national colour coding chart for mops and cloths!

Elfie it's not a spa day. We needed you to test the water for the water quality control team, not enjoying the facilities. Get back to work HH Nesta Nicola Firth

Our Chief Executive Karen James OBE turned on the lights on our new rapid assessment unit with Tilbury Douglas North West today. Great to see our name up in lights! Looking forward to it opening in the new year & helping us provide enhanced care for patients. stockport.nhs.uk/news_21424

No Elfie, that is not how we wear the FFP3 masks. If you are wearing an FFP3 mask it must be over your nose and mouth, not as an eye patch HH Nesta Nicola Firth

Day 20!

Eric has been reviewing the ‘elf care’ waste in his high vis.
Remember to put waste into the correct stream.
Orange= infectious waste e.g. dressings or pads
Yellow stripe or tiger 🐯 = offensive waste but not infectious e.g. dressings or pads
Domestic= normal waste

Elfie, I told you last year that ventilation is essential to let germs out an fresh air in, so open the window. Refer to the ventilation policy on the estates microsite. HH Nesta Nicola Firth

Elfie the tinsel is supposed to be on the tree not wrapped around you. Remember your decorations need to be wipeable and disposed of if the area has an outbreak.

Elfie, put those tissues in the bin and wash your hands! If you are coughing and sneezing remember to catch it, bin it, kill it. You may have vaccination fatigue but the flu and covid vaccination help keep you & patients safe.HH Nicola Firth Nesta

Elfie no, you should be wearing an Apron and gloves when cleaning equipment. Red tabard are not PPE, they are worn to show drug round in progress. Refer to IPC microsite for PPE information. HH Nesta Nicola Firth

Oh Elfie, clinell tape is to show that the equipment is clean and ready for others to use not that you are clean. Refer to the equipment cleaning guidance on the IPc microsite. HH Nesta Nicola Firth