Education

We worked with NHS Education for Scotland to provide a series of educational materials on areas of the healthcare built environment. These are available for free on the Turas website Healthcare Built Environment page.

They are intended to:

• support learning and development for this diverse multi-agency and multi-professional staff groups including clinical, estates and facilities
• support the workforce in gaining the knowledge and skills to prevent and control the potential risks posed by healthcare facilities and promote a culture of life-long learning, continuous improvement and improved patient safety.

Clinical wash hand basins - Think sink, think splash, think safety!

This poster and animation provides best practice for all staff within healthcare settings when using clinical wash hand basins. They are intended to inform healthcare staff on:

• the safe use of clinical wash hand basins or sinks
• their intended purpose
• water associated infection risks
• what we can do to reduce this risk.

A QR code is embedded in the poster and takes staff directly to the animation.

Healthcare water and drainage systems animations

A series of three animations have been developed to support specific target audiences comprising of:

• healthcare water system designers
• construction teams
• water engineers
• plumbers and installers
• Board estates teams
• Board construction project teams
• IPC teams (ICN, ICM, ICD).

These animations subjects are:

1. Infection prevention and control risks related to the design and construction of domestic water and above ground drainage systems.
2. Infection prevention and control design considerations of healthcare domestic water and above ground drainage.
3. Infection prevention and control considerations for construction and maintenance of healthcare domestic water and above ground drainage systems.