Confidentiality
- Created by: Grace.2006
- Created on: 21-10-22 10:28
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- Confidentiality
- How staff in HSC settings keep information safe
- Staff in HSC will have access to a range of confidential medical and personal information about their clients
- It is essential that they record, store, and retrieve the information safely
- Settings have their own policies and procedures
- Staff should never have access to information they do not need
- Information is handed out on a need to know basis
- Electronic methods
- Protected by a secure password
- Passwords should be regularly chnaged
- Passwords should only be known to those who need access
- Computers must be logged off
- Computers should be stored in private places and not accessible to the public
- Written records
- Kept/ stored in locked filing cabinets
- Records should not be left out in the open
- Records should only be left in private areas or in a secure location
- Mobile phones
- Not permitted to be used in settings
- Many organisations require staff to sign in their mobile at the begining of a shift
- This is to safeguarding the clients
- Social media
- Staff cannot ... their clients on social media
- Name
- Discuss
- Refer to
- Contact
- Staff cannot ... their clients on social media
- Photographs
- Carers/ parents must give consent
- This is referring to when their photos may be used in the setting or on the internet
- Carers/ parents must give consent
- How staff in HSC settings keep information safe
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