HLTWHS002 Follow Safe Work Practices For Direct Client Care - Assessment Activities

Assessment Activities

Activity 3A

• List the benefits associated with:

1. Washing hands
2. Safe disposal of sharps
3. Surface cleaning
4. Management of bodily fluid spills
5. Personal Protective Equipment

And how they contribute to the prevention of infection.

Activity 3B

• Identify a situation in which you would be required to apply additional infection control procedures.

1. Why is it needed?
2. What would you do?

Activity 3C

• How can you ensure that additional precautions are applied when required?
• Give an example of this.

Activity 3D

• Case study

1. Every time Tom cooks he seems to become ill with a stomach upset. Why could this be? How can he avoid getting ill when he cooks?
2. Sophie seems to catch every sniffle and sneeze that is going in the building. Why could this be? How can she avoid catching everything?
3. Andrew has caught head lice three times this year so far and is sure he is getting them from work, as each time he has caught them he has been doing overtime at another residential home. How could this be? What can he do to tackle this issue?