Week 1 - Remote induction

Question 1

Outline an ‘aerosol generating procedure’ and examples in primary care

Answer 1

Aerosol generating procedures - activity that can result to the release of small airborne particles (aerosols) or droplets

Examples:
- Induction of sputum
- Bronchoscopy
- Some dental procedures (e.g. high-speed drilling)
- Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) e.g. BiPAP or CPAP

Question 2

Outline the steps to take in response to a needlestick injury

Answer 2

• Wash exposed area liberally with soap and water or rinse the eyes thoroughly
• Encourage free bleeding of wounds but without sucking
• Cover any wounds with waterproof dressing
• Seek advice from Occupational Health

Question 3

Outline some good sharps practice steps

Answer 3

• Always take sharps bin to place and dispose of sharps at point of use
• Never resheath needles by hand
• Request assistance if difficult patient that may need restraining
• Always dispose of sharps individually and don’t give role to anyone else
• Never remove needles from insulin pens
• Sharps bin should be left in a partial closed position when not in use
• Never overfill a sharps bin
• Discard needle and syringe as one unit (don’t try and detach)

Question 4

Outline information governance

Answer 4

A framework for handling personal information in a confidential and secure manner

Question 5

Outline data protection

Answer 5

Data protection legislation requires that the collection and processing of personal data is fair, lawful and transparent.
- Outlines that information is collected and managed in a secure and confidential way
- Outlines that patients have right of access to personal information

Question 6

Outline confidentiality

Answer 6

Legal duty of confidence to protect personal information they may come into contact with during the course of their work

Question 7

Define ‘identifiable’ data and understand the precautions that are needed to protect it

Answer 7

Identifiable information is anything that contains the means to identify a person, e.g. name, address, postcode, date of birth, NHS number

Precautions:
- Don’t access unless required
- Don’t leave computer screens unlocked / paper sheets in view
- Don’t share information in public space
- Don’t remove patient information from workplace unless required for visits, in which case it should be carefully looked after

Question 8

Outline the difference between a quality improvement project and an audit project

Answer 8

Quality improvement project is a project that looks at implementing improvements to a service

An audit is a project that looks at reviewing whether an aspect of a service is currently aligning with the expected standards