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CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing & Disability) 

HLTWHS002

Follow safe work practices for direct client care 

Date _30/11/2020________
Student name Sonam Tarke Gurung Trainer Name

Student ID 18614 Trainer Signature

Student Signature sonam

Write a 250 words Reflective Summary on “Follow safe work practices for direct client care”.
It will help you make a connection between what you are taught in theory and what you
need to practice.

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required for a worker to participate in safe
work practices to ensure their own health and safety, and that of others in work
environments that involve caring directly for clients. It has a focus on maintaining safety of
the worker, the people being supported and other community members.

This unit applies to all workers who require knowledge of workplace health and safety
(WHS) to carry out their own work, in both centre-based and home-based service provision.
This Unit is divided in Five categories are

 FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES FOR DIRECT CLIENT CARE

 FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES FOR MANUAL HANDLING
 FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES FOR INFECTION CONTROL
 CONTRIBUTE TO SAFE WORK PRACTICES IN THE WORKPLACE
 REFLECT ON OWN SAFE WORK PRACTICES

FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES FOR DIRECT CLIENT CARE

In a healthcare environment, there are many risks or hazards that you will need to be aware of. The
most common one will be the risk of infection. Infection is found in and spread via:

Airborne droplets

Contact with faeces and then with the mouth skin contact

Contact with blood and other body secretions

This means that the transmission of infection can come from a variety of sources using direct contact
or via airborne droplet contact. The ways in which infection may be transmitted from an infected
source such as another person is through:

Direct contact

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A vehicle

A vector

Airborne transmission

A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm to you, the patients, clients, your co-workers
or visitors to the work area. In the sterilisation setting this includes chemicals, sharps such as
needles, soiled instruments, power, water, steam, noise, and heat.

In developing procedures or buying new equipment, identify these risks early so that work practices
can be developed that ensure the hazard is eliminated as much as possible. Regular safety
inspections and audits can help identify and manage hazards.

All employees, patients, volunteers, contractors and visitors that enter the workplace have a
responsibility to behave in a safe and responsible manner and report any hazards or near accidents.

If you have identified any hazards or risks in the workplace you must ensure you report them to the
designated person. The designated person could be your:

Supervisor

Manager

Health and safety officer

Any other designated person elected by your workplace

FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES FOR MANUAL HANDLING

Manual handling is a large part of working with clients in a healthcare setting. You will
be required to not only lift people but assist them to sit, stand and walk. Each of these
tasks comes with their own risks and hazards.

Ways you can minimise the risks of manual handling activity are:

 Use correct manual handling principles

 Know the load

 Determine the best technique

 Prepare the area

 Arrange assistance or aid

 Use manual handling mechanical aids communicate with your assistant

 Maintain a minimum standard of fitness

 Wear appropriate clothing

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  Refer to any instructional guidelines provided

Lifting and handling procedures are commonplace in any work environment. There are
very few jobs that do not pose a risk when performing them, things like bending and
twisting when assisting clients or standing for long periods.

The main issues for lifting and handling you need to be aware of are provided in the
Code of Practice for Manual Handling. In summary these are:

 Specific training is necessary for safe lifting techniques.

 Determine the best technique including: Suitable balance, Avoid bending,

twisting and reaching, Lift efficiently and rhythmically, Bend your legs, not your
back and use your legs to lift, Grip the object securely and Pull the load close to
the body.

 Wherever possible, vary heavy tasks with lighter loads.

 Use team lifting if possible.

 Use lifting aids if possible.

FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES FOR INFECTION CONTROL

Infection control policies established and followed in a health care organisation should
provide the foundation for a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

Policies and procedures should be based on local regulations, State legislation and
National Standards. In the sterilisation area, there are policies for department structure,
organisation, and management.

You should understand the following infection control terms:

 Aseptic technique - practice that prevents access of microorganisms onto a

sterile work surface, or into human sterile tissue

 Cross contamination - any event that permits the transfer of microorganisms

from one person to another, or from one item to another item

 Sharps - any sharp object that could easily pierce the skin, for instance, surgical
cutting instruments and needles

 Source of infection - sick people, healthy carriers, contaminated equipment or

instruments, contaminated food or water

 Susceptible person - person who may develop an infection when subjected to a

source of infection

CONTRIBUTE TO SAFE WORK PRACTICES IN THE WORKPLACE.

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There are many definitions for hazard but the more common definition when talking
about workplace health and safety is: A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm
or adverse health effects on something or someone under certain conditions at work

Basically, a hazard can cause harm or adverse effects (to individuals as health effects or
to organizations as property or equipment losses).

Sometimes a hazard is referred to as being the actual harm or the health affect it caused
rather than the hazard. For example, the disease tuberculosis (TB) might be called a
hazard by some but, in general, the TB-causing bacteria would be considered the
"hazard" or "hazardous biological agent.”

It is important to have workplace safety meetings so that everyone knows what is going
on. They understand the hazards, the risks and the control measures used to modify the
risks. Without meetings this information is less likely to be provided and therefore more
accidents could occur.

They also provide the opportunity for new skills and knowledge to be gained and given
and provide a forum for discussion on control measures.

Here are some areas that might be discussed in a workplace meeting that you attend:

  Work duties

  Work rosters

  New equipment

 New workplace procedures

  Health and safety

  Work progress

Workplace meetings can range from short informal discussions to formal meetings
with a written agenda, a chairperson and someone to record the Minutes.

REFLECT ON OWN SAFE WORK PRACTICES

Remaining current and up-to-date on health and safety issues, workplace systems,
equipment and processes in your workplace it extremely important.

There are many methods that you can use to remain current with the information
required for safety in the workplace including:

  Internet/intranet

 Workplace policies and procedures

 Maintenance and operational manuals

  Workplace training
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   Government and safety websites

  Health and safety representatives

Knowing and understanding your workplace procedures and guidelines for staying safe
will ensure your remain safe and healthy and will assist others to remain the same.

Debriefing is the best tools that can be used in the workplace. It provide a method for
people in the workplace to voice their oppinions with fall back of negative
consequences.

A debrief includes every person in a team that was involved in the execution of a task.
Usually small groups work better than large ones and it must be free from position, in
other words, everyone holds the same rank in a debrief.

A debrief provides the following:

  It shows all employees that their opinions count and that they are a valuable
member of the team;

  It allows for clear and unhindered information flow and experience sharing
between team members;

 It promotes transparency and integrity; and

 It provides immediate feedback both up and down the chain, which can enable
small problems to be solved easily before they become large problems.

Your organisation should have its own method or format for debriefings but if they
don’t then you should consider suggesting debriefings as a method of communication in
your workplace.

The standardised debrief flow consists of the following four-step procedure:

 Re-state the Objectives

  Determine the facts of what happened

 Compare the outcome to the plan

  Debrief the Focus Points

At the conclusion of the debrief, the facilitator or leader of the group must ensure that
the session concludes on a positive note.

Debriefs are considered to be the best way that leaders can display the “lead by
example” method. It allows them to state mistakes made and take on board any positive
suggestions from colleagues. It also provides a venue for training and education of staff
members and provides an opportunity for coaching or mentoring of more jumior
members of staff.

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Organisations that successfully implement regular debriefing sessions into their
workplace will achieve better outcomes both in actual performance and in employee
satisfaction.

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