Meeting the hygiene needs of patients is a fundamental aspect of nursing care. This practical and introductory guide outlines and emphasises the nursing skills required to meet the essential personal hygiene care needs of patients in various healthcare settings. It explores care of the eyes, ears, mouth, nails and hair, and provides evidence-based rationales for each procedure. Methods of washing the patient are discussed, and bed-making and patient positioning is explored. Each chapter provides the necessary anatomy and physiology, as well as common conditions, safety issues, privacy and dignity, cultural and religious considerations and infection control issues. SPECIAL FEATURES Identifies the theoretical base underpinning clinical procedures Provides a research and evidence base for nursing practice Equips registered and non-registered staff with the knowledge to carry out safe care delivery relating to meeting hygiene needs Incorporates recommendations from The Essence of Care

This book is designed to address the health and safety needs of students aged five and up with autism spectrum disorders.

The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present Guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed, such as home care by birth attendants. Definitions of health-care settings are proposed in Appendix 1. These Guidelines and the associated WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy and an Implementation Toolkit (http://www.who.int/gpsc/en/) are designed to offer health-care facilities in Member States a conceptual framework and practical tools for the application of recommendations in practice at the bedside. While ensuring consistency with the Guidelines recommendations, individual adaptation according to local regulations, settings, needs, and resources is desirable. This extensive review includes in one document sufficient technical information to support training materials and help plan implementation strategies. The document comprises six parts.

This book is a curriculum for students with autism, AS, learning and developmental disabilities, designed to help them understand how others perceive their appearance and the social implications of neglecting personal hygiene. Simple factual information is accompanied by cartoons that emphasize how others view someone with poor hygiene.

Why do we still have nits? What exactly are 'purity rules'? And why have baths scarcely changed in 200 years? The long history of personal hygiene and purity is a fascinating subject that reveals how closely we are linked to our deeper past. In this pioneering book, Virginia Smith covers the global history of human body-care from the Neolithic to the present, using first-hand accounts and sources. From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from ascetics to cosmetics, Smith looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout history, this striving for purity has brought great social benefits as well as great tragedies. It is probably safe to say that no-one who reads this book will look at his or her body (or bathroom) in quite the same way again.

In Hygiene Heroes Book, by Iren Frost, kids will learn hygiene, self-confidence, and self-reliance in this easy to read a rhyming story. My Personal Hygiene introduces kids to Hygiene Hero, Independent Kid, and Confidence Hero, three brand new superheroes who ask the question CAN YOU DO IT?Your child is sure to reply YES, I CAN! As they grow and learn alongside their new friends.As children prepare for and begin going to school, they may feel overwhelmed by all of the changes in their lives but our trio of superheroes will help them thrive and grow.Kids will learn about the importance of hygiene and what good hygiene habits look like. They will also learn how it is fun to be independent and take care of some things all by themselves. They will understand that having confidence is a good thing and it is okay to speak out when they see someone being bullied.PICK UP THIS EASY READER TODAY AND HELP YOUR CHILD BECOME A SUPERHERO TOO! Book Description CAN YOU DO IT? YES, YOU CAN! Your child can do anything they set their mind to with the help of their three new heroes: Hygiene Hero, Independent Kid, and Confidence Hero. This trio of kid-friendly superheroes will teach your child the importance of taking care of themselves, learning new tasks as they grow, and having confidence in themselves.This rhyming book is fun for the whole family and will teach your child valuable lessons such as "Standing Up to Bullies", "How to Be Healthy", "Taking Care of Your Own Belongings" and many more...Kids from 4-8 will enjoy learning about the new things they can do and gain confidence along the way. This book can be read to your child or read by a beginning reader.Come along and meet our 3 new friends and let's find out what they can do and what your child can do too!