Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures
CODE: HLTINFCOV001
ENROL TODAY (or express interest)
What You'll Learn
We introduce you to the skills and knowledge needed in today's cleaning workforce.
You’ll learn:
Follow standard and additional precautions for infection prevention and control:
- Follow hand hygiene practices in accordance with organisations policies and procedures
- Implement hand care procedures and cover cuts and abrasions
- Follow organisation procedures for choice and use of personal protection equipment
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Follow procedures for respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette
- Follow procedures for environmental cleaning
- Follow procedures for handling, transporting and processing of linen in a manner that controls the spread of infection
- Follow procedures for disposal of contaminated waste
- Follow procedures for handling and cleaning client equipment that prevents skin and mucous membrane exposures, contamination of clothing, and transfer of pathogens
- Identify and respond to situations where additional precautions may be required to prevent transmission of infection
Identify infection hazards and assess risks:
- Identify infection hazards associated with own role and work environment
- Identify own areas of responsibility in relation to infection prevention and control
- Assess risk by determining the likelihood and severity of harm from identified hazards.
- Document and report activities and tasks that put self, clients, visitors and/or other workers at risk
- Identify appropriate control measures to minimise risk in accordance with organisations procedures
Follow procedures for managing risks associated with specific hazards:
- Follow protocols for care after exposure to blood or other body fluids as required
- Place appropriate signs when and where appropriate
- Remove spills in accordance with the policies and procedures of the organisation
- Minimise contamination of materials, equipment and instruments by aerosols and splatter
- Identify, separate and maintain clean and contaminated zones
- Confine records, materials and medicaments to a well-designated clean zone
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Confine contaminated instruments and equipment to a well-designated contaminated zone
Some of the industries your skills will be used in are:
- child care centres
- disability services
- commercial businesses
- small businesses
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COURSE DETAILS:
Inside each unit, you will get the following:
- A Learner Manual - this is where you will find all of the content. These guides have been written by actual industry leaders.
- Self-Paced Workbook - these can be easily downloaded and printed or done right on your computer.
- Written Quizzes and Assessments - these are simple and easy to understand and can be printed or done online.
- Physical Skill and Demonstration - scenarios written specifically to practice skills that you will need in the real life industry.
- Certificate upon Completion
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?
Our goal is to make assessing as easy an as fun as possible. You are required to provide evidence that you have completed the work. We use short answer questions, long answer questions, quizzes, photos and videos. Below are some activities that you will be required to do in order to complete this unit:
Follow established organisation infection prevention and control procedures on at least 3 separate occasions
Follow established organisation infection prevention and control procedures at least once for each of the following:
- hand hygiene and care of hand
- use of personal protective equipment
- handling of waste
- enforcing clean and contaminated zones
- limitation of contamination
- surface cleaning
Meet the Trainer
Fiona Morris
Founder - Australian Cleaning Academy
Our head trainer, Fiona Morris, has over 20 years experience in the cleaning. Not only has she established several successful cleaning businesses, she has trained many future cleaning business owners and upskilled many in the industry.
A qualified trainer and assessor, holding Cert IV TAE/ WHS and Cert III Cleaning Operations.
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