You must introduce and maintain a policy within the home both with regard to the handling of private data relating to inmates and to that relating to staff and ensure that all staff are aware of the policy.
All sensitive infomation relating to inmates should be locked in a secure place where only care staff can access it. Confidential infomation which comes to your attention should be shared only on a need to know basis and not with any other persons other than care staff and the inmate concerned, although an exception could be made in the case of an emergency where urgent care needs to be given requiring access to the information.
You must not share any information about residents with anyone else unless this is necessary for their care or safety. e.g. you could tell a senior member of staff if a resident appeared to be unwell, but you would not tell the "cleaner" or the "cook". You would not gossip about any residents with anyone where you might be overheard by other staff, residents or the public. You would not speak about the residents when outside the workplace.
Confidentiality basically means that the organisation has to keep your information private unless you are at risk to yourself or others or unless ordered to by the law.
ok --- total confidentiallity --- is something you would have / or anyone else has to sign up to when you work in a health facility --- and the simple maths if you like --- you share nothing with no one about a person or their health and well being --- other than going through the right procedures --- good luck
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You must introduce and maintain a policy within the home both with regard to the handling of private data relating to inmates and to that relating to staff and ensure that all staff are aware of the policy.
All sensitive infomation relating to inmates should be locked in a secure place where only care staff can access it. Confidential infomation which comes to your attention should be shared only on a need to know basis and not with any other persons other than care staff and the inmate concerned, although an exception could be made in the case of an emergency where urgent care needs to be given requiring access to the information.
You must not share any information about residents with anyone else unless this is necessary for their care or safety. e.g. you could tell a senior member of staff if a resident appeared to be unwell, but you would not tell the "cleaner" or the "cook". You would not gossip about any residents with anyone where you might be overheard by other staff, residents or the public. You would not speak about the residents when outside the workplace.
Confidentiality basically means that the organisation has to keep your information private unless you are at risk to yourself or others or unless ordered to by the law.
ok --- total confidentiallity --- is something you would have / or anyone else has to sign up to when you work in a health facility --- and the simple maths if you like --- you share nothing with no one about a person or their health and well being --- other than going through the right procedures --- good luck
a situation in which important information must be kept secret
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noun: discretion in keeping secret information
noun: the state of being secret
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