potential consequences of poor practice, help needed plaese

just when i thought id finished i need to cover this one, so any help or advice would be very much appreciated
hsc 361, ks f
the potential consequences of poor practice in relation to the application of standard precautions.

all i thought of was like pain, discomfort, stress to the patient????

not sure if i get it at all really!!!!!!!!!

can anyone help me at all??? please

Hi sammy84, this is about infection control and why standard precautions are used to minimise risk of spread of infection. I don't know what setting you work in but think about sharing equipment without ensuring it is cleaned, not re using disposable equipment and the reasons for this. How does your workplace policy and procedure help to prevent spread of MRSA, C Diff, cleaning and autoclaving of re usable equipment. what would happen to your patients if they did acquire an infection and what would happen to your workplace, litigation, complaints, investigation by CQC etc. Look at www.nursingtimes.net and type in infection control in the search box. Hope this gets you started Katrina

ah thank you, yes it does help

i also found this, it does have additional bits about what and if things go wrong. could i use it???
Standard or Universal Precautions is term usually applied in medicine in relation to handling bodily fluids, particularly blood products.
Poor practice is not just confined to obtaining specimens or in administering blood products, but also into disposal of implements used and in the identifications process in relation to the recipients and donors of blood products