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

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• 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 that is suspected of being contaminated, according to organisational infection prevention and control procedures
• dispose of waste according to organisational infection prevention and control procedures.

Knowledge evidence

• nature and types of infection-related hazards in own work environment
• chain of infection:
• source of infectious agent
• mode of transmission
• susceptible host and factors that increase susceptibility
• key modes of disease transmission – contact, airborne and droplet:
• paths of transmission, including direct contact, aerosols and penetrating injuries
• risk of acquisition
• sources of infecting microorganisms, including persons who are carriers, in the incubation phase of the disease or those who are acutely ill
• precautions and control measures for infection hazards associated with own role and 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 and hand rubbing; and situations requiring the use of soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub
• guidelines on maintaining fingernails and intact skin
• guidelines on wearing jewellery and watches
• social distancing measures
• organisational procedures relating to own role and work activities, including for:
• identifying hazards associated with own work activities and workplace environment, including infection-related hazards
• assessing risks associated with identified hazards, including determining the likelihood and severity of harm
• reporting hazards that put self and others at risk, including infection 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
• completing incident reports
• organisational infection prevention and control procedures relating to own role, work activities and physical environment, including for:
• escalating hazard prevention and control matters outside scope of own role
• handling, transporting, reprocessing or processing resources and equipment used in the course of own work activities in a manner that:
• prevents skin and mucous membrane exposure, contamination and transfer of pathogens
• limits contamination of resources and equipment
• controls the spread of infection
• handling and disposing of waste relating to own work activities, including contaminated waste
• environmental cleaning of own work area, including cleaning and disinfecting surfaces: procedures and specified schedules
• confining contaminated resources and equipment to designated areas
• confining workplace records and materials to clean areas
• responding to exposure to infection of self or others, including to body fluids
• infection prevention and control protocols required by own work activities:
• placing appropriate signs when and where appropriate
• removing spills
• separating and maintaining clean and contaminated areas
• manufacturer specifications relating to resources and equipment used and maintained in the course of own work activities.

Foundation skills

• Oral communication: Explains an infection hazard or non-compliance to required personnel, using suitable words and terms and responding clearly to specific enquiries Listens to and interprets information relevant to own role in relation to infection prevention and control
• Reading: Interprets information in a range of workplace procedures essential to infection prevention and control in own role
• Writing: Records easy-to-read information relating to workplace hazards and incidents, using words and terms appropriate to audience and purpose
• Initiative and enterprise: Identifies both obvious and less evident hazards to self and others
• Problem solving: Identifies and applies infection prevention and control measures suited to own role and work environment

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