The guidelines state that gloves and aprons must be used
for all contacts with the patient and their environment, but
some homes did not always use gloves and aprons when
caring for patients with diarrhoea. Perhaps the most concerning
findings related to human waste management practices in
care homes. Only 8% of residential homes and half of
nursing homes used an automated sluice exclusively and practices
including washing out commodes and bed pans in
shared baths were reported by some residential homes (10%).