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: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)
Course Contact: Leeanne Mond
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837
Course Contact Email: leeanne.mond@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
City Campus:
- Simone Allison
- Email: simone.allison@rmit.edu.au
- Phone: 03 9925 4809
Bundoora Campus:
- Erica Keen
- Email: erica.keen@rmit.edu.au
- Phone: 03 9925 6649
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
NIL PRE REQUISITES OR CO REQUISITES
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
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Element: |
2.Identify and respond to infection risks |
Element: |
3.Maintain personal hygiene |
Element: |
4.Use personal protective equipment |
Element: |
5.Limit contamination |
Element: |
6.Handle, package, label, store, transport and dispose of clinical and other waste |
Element: |
7.Clean environmental surfaces
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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
Refer to the latest timetable on Blackboard for actual days
Learning Strategies will be in the form of:
- Lecture
- Small Group Work
- Facilitated Class Discussion
- Role Play/simulation
Teaching Schedule
Lesson 1: Follow infection control guidelines
• 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 and 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
• 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 Limit 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 and dispose of clinical and other waste
• 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
Recommended reading:
• Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare 2010, Available URL: www.nhmrc.gov.au |
Other Resources
Classroom powerpoints are posted on the Student Blackboard
Overview of Assessment
Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via the following methods:
- Written Assessment
- Online learning assessment
Assessment Tasks
Hand hygiene - 40%
Online Assessment - 60%
Assessment Matrix
All asssessment tasks must have a competent outcome before a Grade can be awarded for this course
All written assessments must have a 60% grade to be deemed competent
- 60 -69 - CAG
- 70 - 79 - CC
- 80 - 89 - CDI
- 90 -100 - CHD
Other Information
Classroom attendance of 80% requirement
This course must have a competency grade awarded before being eligible for clinical placement
If deemed Not Yet Competent (NYC) studetn will be unable to attend clinical placement
Course must have a competency grade awarded before commencing phase 2 of the program
Delivery : Nominal Hours 20
• Face to face
• Laboratory
• Self-directed learning
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