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Contraceptive Devices

In this section

  1. 1
    Policy Statement
  2. 2
    Definitions
  3. 3
    Scope
  4. 4
    Legal Context
  5. 5
    Mandatory Procedures
  6. 6
    Practice Guidance – General Personal Care
  7. 7
    Washing, dressing, toileting
  8. 8
    Nail Care
  9. 9
    Shaving
  10. 10
    Contact Lenses and Spectacles
  11. 11
    Dental Care
  12. 12
    Hearing Aids
  13. 13
    Sanitary/Incontinence Protection
  14. 14
    Contraceptive Devices
  1. 15
    Body Piercing
  2. 16
    Practice Guidance – Clinical Tasks
  3. 17
    Category 1 – Acceptable Tasks
  4. 18
    Category 2 –Tasks that may be delegated by a health professional to the local authority
  5. 19
    Category 3 Tasks – Not to be performed by adult social care staff in any circumstances
  6. 20
    Emergency Procedures
  7. 21
    Cardiac and Respiratory Resuscitation/DNR notices
  8. 22
    Self-Directed care
  9. 23
    Recording
  10. 24
    Implementation
  11. 25
    Monitoring and Review
  12. 26
    Acknowledgements
  13. 27
    Policy details

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14.    Contraceptive Devices

14.1    Staff will not normally be involved in inserting contraceptive caps, diaphragms or female condoms or putting on male condoms.

14.2    This will only happen as part of a planned, time limited, personal and social education programme, or where there is formal agreement for the staff member to act as an enabler for a disabled person wishing to engage in sexual activity when neither they nor their partner are able to perform this task. In these circumstances, the staff member must be trained by an appropriate health care professional to ensure proper application of the contraceptive device.

Policy published: April 2010
Policy revised and checked: October 2011
Last reviewed:
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