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Preventing infections when taking care of PLHAs
But it is important to protect yourself
HOW TO HANDLE DIRTY WASHING
Keep clothes and bedding with blood, diarrhoea or body fluids away from other washings.
Wear plastic bags or gloves on your hands when you work with dirty washing.
Wash the bedding and clothes in soapy water. Hang them where there is a lot of sunshine. Make sure the washing dries well.
Burn any bandages that can not be rewashed.
AT HOME
Do not touch body fluids such as blood, stool and urine. Wear plastic bags or plastic gloves on your hands when you clean a sick person.
Wash the gloves or plastic bags in hot water every time after you have used them.
Do not share needles, razors or toothbrushes.
Keep all sores clean and covered. Make sure everyone in the home does this.
How to keep the bed clean
It is important to keep the sick person’s mattress, sheets, blankets and pillows clean. Do this by covering the mattress with plastic sheet. You can make your own plastic sheet by ironing big plastic bags together. Make sure that you use plastic strong bags. Wash the sheets, blankets and pillows as often as you can. Wipe the plastic sheet a hot wet cloth
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As much as we love our dear ones, let's care for the sick while protecting ourselves
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