Course Title: Manage the prevention and control of infection
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2022
Course Code: NURS5360C
Course Title: Manage the prevention and control of infection
School: 535T Social Care and Health
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5357 - Diploma of Remedial Massage
Course Contact: Laura Yeomans
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4289
Course Contact Email: laura.yeomans@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Sonny Shoduri
9925 4212
Nominal Hours: 50
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
This unit is clustered with HLTWHS004 (OHTH5909C) Manage work health and safety.
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop, implement and monitor infection prevention and control systems and procedures in work contexts where health and personal care services are provided. This unit applies to people working in roles with managerial responsibilities for infection prevention and control in small to medium sized organisations. There may or may not be a team of workers involved.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTINF004 Manage the prevention and control of infection |
Element: |
1. Establish framework for infection prevention and control |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Access and interpret legislation, regulations and codes of practice for infection prevention and control 1.2 Collate and evaluate information on workplace requirements for infection prevention and control 1.3 Evaluate current policies, systems and procedures for compliance and quality 1.4 Consult with relevant colleagues on infection prevention and control issues and requirements 1.5 Develop and document infection prevention and control systems and procedures, including record keeping and reporting systems 1.6 Define and allocate infection prevention and control responsibilities |
Element: |
2. Establish procedures for hazard identification and risk control |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Establish hazard identification and risk assessment tools 2.2 Develop workplace processes for risk control 2.3 Ensure risk controls and hazard specific procedures are consistent with the hierarchy of control 2.4 Put in place incident reporting and investigation procedures 2.5 Document hazard identification and risk assessment systems and procedures |
Element: |
3. Implement and monitor infection prevention and control practices |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Communicate infection prevention and control systems, procedures and responsibilities to relevant colleagues 3.2 Support implementation by facilitating resources and training 3.3 Monitor day to day effectiveness of infection prevention and control procedures and address issues of concern |
Element: |
4. Evaluate infection prevention and control performance |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Assess infection prevention and control systems against compliance requirements 4.2 Review incidents as key sources of information 4.3 Seek feedback on systems and procedures from relevant colleagues 4.4 Identify and action improvements to systems and procedures |
Learning Outcomes
Please refer to the Elements of Competency above.
Details of Learning Activities
This course will be delivered via online and face to face sessions. Students are expected to read the class slides prior to the webinar this then will allow for any questions to be addressed and an online forum to be developed.
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL) in the
student & clinical practice environment, during simulations and classroom based learning
• Work experience &/or placements observation of performance in the workplace will be a
valuable part of your learning experience
• Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your
ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
• Online discussions and activities to support and collaborate with other students in your course
and debate and discuss ideas
• Utilise and develop critical research and cognitive skills to find credible sources of health
information
• Self-directed study time (eg. readings or activities around theory) to enhance and strengthen
your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
• To further facilitate learning students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication
tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow
students by using the online learning platform
Teaching Schedule
WHS – Infection Control | |
Week |
Class Topics |
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1 Webinar |
Introduction to course Roles and responsibilities of employers and employees Hazards within the workplace Work Health and Safety Legislation Industry Codes of practice Duty of care Safety and Emergency signage Hazardous manual tasks Infection control procedures |
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2 On campus |
Workplace risks |
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3 Webinar |
Follow workplace policies and procedures |
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4 On campus |
Identifying reports and hazards Preventing transmission Workplace policies and procedures Identifying and reporting incidents and injuries OH&S Laws Hierarchy of control PPE equipment |
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5 Webinar |
Assessment consolidation |
|
6 |
Public Holiday |
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7 On campus |
Assessment consolidation |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.
Assessment Task 1 - Case studies
Assessment Task 2 - Group task
Assessment Task 3 - Clinic checklist
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1: Clinic observation checklist - refer to Canvas for further details
All skills in this checklist must be completed under supervision during the student’s time in the student clinic. They must receive a result of Satisfactory (S) for each of these skills by the due date set for this task. The student must be observed by an assessor in completing each of the steps as set out in the observation checklist. The student will also be asked several questions by their assessor as they complete the task to help assess their knowledge and how they can apply it to work relevant situations.
Assessment 2: Portfolio assignment - refer to Canvas for further details
The student will be assessed on their ability to demonstrate an understanding of infection control prevention and the management of work health and safety.
Students are to complete all the parts of the project and the questions in Section B of this assessment.
Part A: Provide guidance on health hazards
Part B: Identify Health Hazards and determine Risk
Part C: Policies and Procedures
Part D: Incident and accidents
Assessment 3: Knowledge assessment - refer to Canvas for further details
The purpose of this assessment is for the student to demonstrate their underpinning knowledge in relation to work health and safety and infection control practices.
By the end of this assessment, the student should be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
- Work health and safety practices
- Infection prevention and control frameworks
- Hazard identification and risk control processes
- Consultation practices
- Compliance requirements
- Evaluating and maintaining WHS and infection control
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Important information regarding Assessment Tasks:
Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the Program Coordinator, after consultation with the teacher and each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once.
All students will be contacted with 7 days by their course coordinator in regards to resubmission completion dates.
Please note an opportunity to repeat clinical placement is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the Clinical Coordinator/Program Manager.
EXTENSION OR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to attend on the due date of an assessment (e.g. test, examination, oral, etc.) OR you do attend, but your performance has been affected, you may submit an APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION within 5 working days of the due date. If Special Consideration is granted, you will be given the opportunity to complete/repeat the assessment task at a later date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration or speak to your Program Coordinator.
If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to submit by the due date (e.g. assignment, report, project etc.):
you may submit an APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSESSABLE WORK for an extension of time of up to seven (7) calendar days or less. This must be lodged with the Program Coordinator 1 working day before the original due date. If granted, you will have the opportunity to submit up to 7 days later than the original due date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension or speak to your Program Coordinator.
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