Course Title: Comply with infection control policies and procedures

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2013

Course Code: HWSS5655C

Course Title: Comply with infection control policies and procedures

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5246 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 nursing)

Course Contact: Carylin Lenehan

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837

Course Contact Email: carylin.lenehan@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

City Campus:

Bundoora Campus:

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required for workers to comply with infection control policies and procedures. All procedures must be carried out in accordance with current infection control guidelines, Australian and New Zealand Standards for maintaining infection control and the policies and procedures of the organisation
This unit acknowledges the importance of complying with an effective infection control strategy that ensures the safety of the client (or end-user of health-related products/services), maintains personal protection and prevents the transmission of infections from person to person
All tasks must be carried out in accordance with State or Territory legislative requirements that affect work practices of the organisation and/or worker
 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTIN301C Comply with infection control policies and procedures

Element:

1.Follow infection control guidelines

2.Identify and respond to infection risks

3.Maintain personal hygiene

4.Use personal protective equipment

5.Limit contamination

6.Handle, package, label, store, transport and dispose of clinical and other waste

7.Clean environmental surfaces


Learning Outcomes


At the end of this session the student should be able to:
• Follow infection control guidelines
• Identify and respond to infection risks
• Maintain personal hygiene
• Use personal protective equipment
• Limit contamination
• Handle, package, label, store, transport, and dispose of clinical and other waste
• Clean environmental surfaces
 


Details of Learning Activities

• Facilitated class discussion
• Small group work
• SDL


Teaching Schedule


Lesson 1 : Follow infection control guidelines-Introduction to infection control & microbiology

• Identify & define key terms of infection control.
• Identify & discuss the legal frameworks that regulate infection control practices in Australia, including the EN’s roles and responsibilities
• Identify & discuss the classification of microorganisms
• Describe the chain of infection, and discuss strategies to minimise the transmission of disease.
 

Lesson 2: Identify & respond to infection risks

• Identify & discuss infection risks associated with the roles & responsibilities of the EN
• Identify & discuss procedures for to respond to situations that oppose an infection risk
• Identify & describe protocols for managing exposure to blood or bodily fluids
• Identify & describe protocols for the management of spills
 

Lesson 3: Maintain personal hygiene personal

• Identify & discuss the importance of personal hygiene in the prevention & transmission of disease, including hand hygiene
• Identify & discuss the EN’s role’s & responsibilities in managing own health including
- sick day protocols e.g. Gastro
- wound management
- immunisations

Lesson 4:  Use Personal Protective Equipment Limiting Contamination

• Define, and describe standard and transmission based precautions, including clinical indications for their use
• Identify & discuss the differences between clean & contaminated zone
• Describe the processes of cleaning & sterilising equipment
 

Lesson 5: Handle, package, label, store, transport & dispose of clinical & other waste - clean environment surfaces

• Identify & discuss the processes of handling laundry.
• Define & discuss the management of clinical waste, including the roles and responsibilities of the EN

• Describe the processes of environmental cleaning, including the management of blood spills
 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

No Prescribed text for this course


References


Other Resources

All classroom powerpoints will be posted on student blackboard


Overview of Assessment

Online (Paper Based Examination) 100% - Assignment 100%
Skills Assessment – Competent ( C ) of Not Yet Competent (NYC)
Attendance of classes 80% required
 


Assessment Tasks

All assessments must be deemed competent to gain a competency grade in this course

This course must have a competent grade to be permitted on clinical placement (Is a requirement prior to first placement)

To be deemed competent all assessments must gain a a 60% grade to be deemed competent


Assessment Matrix

A classroom attendance of 80 requirement to be deemed competent

Assessment Matrix:

  • 60 -69     - CAG
  • 70 - 79    - CC
  • 80 - 89    - CDI
  • 90 - 100  - CHD

Other Information

Essential knowledge:
The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role
This includes knowledge of:
• Additional precautions
• Aspects of infectious diseases including:
• opportunistic organisms
• pathogens
• Basic microbiology including:
• bacteria and bacterial spores
• fungi
• viruses
• Clean and sterile techniques
• Disease transmission:
• 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
• Effective hand hygiene:
• procedures for routine handwash
• procedures for surgical handwash
• when hands must be washed
• Good personal hygiene practice including hand care
• Identification and management of infectious risks in the workplace
• Organisation requirements relating to immunisation, where applicable
• Personal protective equipment:
• guidelines for glove use
• guidelines for wearing gowns and waterproof aprons
• guidelines for wearing masks as required
• guidelines for wearing protective glasses
• Standard precautions
• Susceptible hosts including persons who are immune suppressed, have chronic diseases such as diabetes and the very young or very old
• Surface cleaning:
• cleaning procedures at the start and end of the day
• managing a blood or body fluid spill
• routine surface cleaning
• Sharps handling and disposal techniques
• The organisation’s infection control policies and procedures

Essential skills:
It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to:
• Consistently apply handwashing, personal hygiene and personal protection protocols
• Consistently apply clean and sterile techniques
• Consistently apply protocols to limit contamination

In addition, the candidate must be able to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role
This includes the ability to:
• Apply standard precautions:
• consistently ensure instruments used for invasive procedures are sterile at time of use (where appropriate)
• consistently follow the procedure for washing and drying hands
• consistently limit contamination
• consistently maintain clean surfaces and manage blood and body fluid spills
• consistently protect materials, equipment and instruments from contamination until required for use
• consistently put into practice clean and sterile techniques
• consistently use personal protective equipment
• Apply additional precautions when standard precautions are not sufficient
• Take into account opportunities to address waste minimisation, environmental responsibility and sustainable practice issues

 

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