BSBWHS332X - Apply infection prevention and control procedures to own work activities

Unit code: BSBWHS332X | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

Footscray Nicholson

Industry

Online

Werribee

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

The unit applies to all workers required to undertake their activities in compliance with the infection prevention and control procedures in place in their workplace.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce, extend knowledge, skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
*apply organisational infection prevention and control procedures to own work activities on at least three different occasions
*identify at least two different infection hazards, assess the risk they pose, and respond to each within scope of own role and responsibilities and according to organisational infection prevention and control procedures.
*demonstrate the use of required precautions and control measures, as required for own work activities confine at least one resource or piece of equipment suspected of contamination, according to organisational infection prevention and control procedures.

Dispose of waste according to organisational infection prevention and control procedures.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge skills:
*nature and types of infection-related hazards in own work environment
*chain of infection: source of infectious agent, mode of transmission, and factors that increase susceptibility
*key modes of disease transmission – contact, airborne/droplet: paths of transmission, including direct contact, aerosols and penetrating injuries, risk of acquisition and sources of infecting microorganisms, including carriers, in the incubation phase of the disease or those who are acutely ill. Prevention, precautions and control measures for infection hazards in work activities including standard and transmission-based precautions:
*required personal health and hygiene, including: checking and reporting indicators of own ill health, respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette hand hygiene: procedures for hand washing, hand rubbing; and situations requiring the use of soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub.
*guidelines on maintaining fingernails and intact skin, on wearing jewellery/watch and social distancing measures
*organisational procedures relating to own role and work activities such as identifying hazards associated with own work activities and workplace environment, including infection-related hazards, incident reports, escalating hazards, prevention,
*assessing risks associated with identified hazards, including determining the likelihood and severity of harm, reporting hazards, identifying, sourcing and checking the serviceability of PPE required in own role and work activities; eye protection: protective glasses or goggles, gloves, masks or face shields, protective clothing and footwear.
*Infection confining contaminated to designated areas, appropriate signage, workplace records and materials to maintain clean areas, manufacturer specifications, responding to exposure to infection of self or others, including to body fluids in own work activities

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the Polytechnic e-learning system.