Karm Care Limited

Our organisation goal was driven by a desire to make a difference and to give back to the society to support the vulnerable and the elders.

At Karm Care Ltd, we understand the importance of providing quality care and services to those in need. We strive to ensure that our clients receive the best possible care and support from our team. We understand that each person is unique and requires different levels of care and support. That is why we always strive to ensure that each of our clients is receiving the care and support that they need. We are committed to providing the highest quality of care and services to those in need of home healthcare services.

Phone consultation is welcome to access our clientele needs of care.

At Karm Limited we take Covid-19 very seriously.
All staff at our organisation are aware of and put into operation basic principles of infection control.
All staff at the organisation are aware of and put into operation basic principles of infection control.

The Use of Protective Clothing
• Adequate and suitable personal protective equipment and clothing should be provided by the organisation.
• All staff should who are at risk of coming into direct contact with body fluids or who are performing personal care tasks should use disposable gloves and disposable aprons. • Sterile gloves are provided for clinical procedures such as applying dressings. These should be worn at all times during service user contact and should be changed between service users. On no account should staff attempt to wash and reuse the gloves.

Cleaning, and Procedures for the Cleaning of Spillages
• Staff should treat every spillage of body fluids or body waste as quickly as possible and as potentially infectious.
• When cleaning up a spillage staff should wear disposable protective gloves and aprons and use the disposable wipes provided wherever possible.

The Disposal of Sharps (eg Used Needles)
• Sharps — typically needles or blades — should be disposed of in proper, purpose-built sharps disposal containers complying with BS7320.
• Sharps should never be disposed of in ordinary or clinical waste bags.
• Staff should never re-sheath needles.
• Boxes should never be overfilled.
• When full, boxes should be sealed, marked as hazardous waste and clearly labelled with the service users details.

Food Hygiene
• All staff should adhere to the organisation’s food hygiene policy and ensure that all food prepared in service users homes for service users is prepared, cooked, stored and presented in accordance with the high standards required by the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2005.
• Any member of staff who becomes ill while handling food should report at once to his or her line manager or supervisor, or to the organisation office.

Reporting
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) oblige the organisation to report the outbreak of notifiable diseases to the Local Environmental Health Officer, who will inform the HSE. Notifiable diseases include: cholera, food poisoning, smallpox, typhus, dysentery, measles, meningitis, mumps, rabies, rubella, tetanus, typhoid fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, hepatitis, whooping cough, leptospirosis, tuberculosis and yellow fever.
Records of any such outbreak must be kept specifying dates and times and a completed disease report form must be sent to the HSE.

Training
All new staff are encouraged to read the policy on infection control as part of their induction process.
Existing staff should be offered training covering basic information about infection control. In-house training sessions should be conducted at least annually and all relevant staff should attend.
Please refer to the Code of Practice for further guidance.