HLTWHS002

Follow safe work practices for direct client care

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Key elements..
1. Follow safe work practices for direct client care
2. Follow safe work practices for manual handling
3. Follow safe work practices for infection control
4. Contribute to safe work practices in the workplace
5. Reflect on own safe work practices

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Work health and safety….

• Heavy objects
• Fall/height
• Sharps
• Radiations etc…
can result in work place injury, if
we don’t follow WHS policies and
procedures correctly

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Work health and safety

A hazard
-refers to the potential to cause injury or illness
A risk
-refers to the probability that the hazard will cause injury or illness

Eg: “Slippery floor” is a hazard

“Fall” is the risk

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Common hazards in the health care industry:

• Sharps ,Radiation,
• Infectious Diseases,
• Confused clients,
• Wet floors, Open wiring,
• Water leakage in clinical area, Poisons,
• Faulty or broken equipments,
• Blood or bodily fluids,
• Incorrect manual handling procedures etc…

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Duty of care
A duty of care is a legal obligation
“which is imposed on an individual requiring adherence
to a standard of reasonable care while performing any
acts that could foreseeably harm others”
“helps to ensure client and staff safety”

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Ways to maintain currency of safe work practices :

1. Attend training sessions about safe work practices.
2. Read memos
3. Read Policy and Procedure Manuals
4. Attend Work Health and Safety meetings

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Safe work Australia
Safe Work Australia leads the development of national policy to
improve work health and safety and workers’ compensation
arrangements across Australia

Follow link
http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Managing emergency ?? Follow DRS ABCD

D- Check for danger

R- Check for response
S- Send for help

A- Check airway
B- Check breathing
C- Start CPR
D- AED

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Fire safety –RACE

• R-Rescue
• A-Alarm
• C-Contain
• E-Extinguish

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Strategies for minimizing risk includes
1. Good house keeping
2. Clear labels on chemicals
3. Use of safety signs
4. Attending WHS training
5. Tag and isolate faulty equipment.
6. Dry floors after shower
7. Report all hazards immediately and take action to reduce risk.

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Basic home fire safety high-risk groups

1. People 65 and over
2. Children 0-4 years
3. Adults- under the influence of drug/alcohol

People with Dementia

People with mobility problems
People with no smoke alarms.

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Smoke alarm maintenance ??

• Testing once a month-pressing test button

• Be dusted or vacuumed why?
• Battery changed once a year
• Be replaced after ten years.

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Hierarchy of control measures

1. Eliminate,
2. Substitute,
3. Isolate,
4. Engineering,
5. Administration & training, PPE

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Hazard identification and risk assessment.

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Infection:
“Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-
causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues
to these organisms and the toxins they produce.”

…bacteria, virus, fungi etc…

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“Modes of transmission of infections .”

• Contact

• Non-contact
Air borne, Water borne, Vector borne, Vehicles

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Chain of infections
“Sequence ,which a infectious organism transmit for reservoir to a
susceptible host”

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“Standard precautions .”

• Hand hygiene
• PPE
• Sharps disposal
• Cleaning
Standard • Processing of re-usable
equipment
Precautions • Respiratory hygiene
• Aseptic no-touch technique
• Waste management
• Appropriate handling of linen

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“Additional precautions .”

• Allocation of a single room

• Special ventilation
requirements
• Additional use of PPE eg:
Additional Mask
• Isolation of the patient
• Rostering of immune health
Precautions care workers
• Dedicated patient
equipment to be only used
for the infected patient
• Block Visitors

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Risk management approach

-to maintain the quality of care and service
SAFER principle ..
S = Spot
A = Assess the risk
F = Fix
E = Evaluate
R = Review

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“Waste management in health care”

Waste generated -should be segregated, stored and transported
appropriately to control infection.
Health industry waste includes:-
• General waste.
• Infectious waste.
• Cytotoxic waste.
• Radioactive waste.
• Sharps.
• Confidential paper waste.

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
“Waste management in health care”

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Storage and transport of waste
Containers -should be securely closed and clearly labeled. (eg
infectious, cytotoxic).

The trolleys should be:

• fitted with drip trays to contain leaks or spills
• never overfilled ( only 2/3rd fill)
• cleaned daily

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Storage and transport of waste

• Segregate the waste- using different colour coded bin
• Storage- usually outside the facility
• Transport- closed vehicles

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Hand hygiene:

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care
Hand wash
-performed if our hand is
visibly soiled..

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HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

Hand rub
performed if our hand is not
visibly soiled..

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Donning and Doffing

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Personal Protective Equipment

PPEs used in health care environment are
• Gloves
• Face mask/ Face shield
• Goggles
• Gown/Apron
• Boot cover
• Hair net

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Personal Protective Equipment

Gloves
• Rubber gloves
• Nitrile gloves
• PVC gloves
• Leather gloves etc…

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Incidence Information/reporting
“an incident report is a form that is filled out in order to record details
of an unusual event that occurs at the facility”, eg: injury to a patient
When completing an incident form, the following information to assist
with follow up:
• date and time of exposure
• how the incident occurred
• name of the source person (if known).
• site of injury.

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