Part A:
Choose a manual handling task common to community services work, and based upon this, complete a risk assessment using the same questions as in the example.
1b. Briefly explain why you should record hazard identification according to workplace procedures.
(Matrix Source: Govt. South Australia, Department of Education and Children's Services, Health and Safety Services.)
2b. Explain why you chose that category. (20-50 words)
3. Describe the negative impact upon the muscles of the body for the pictures with poor posture. (50-100 words)
4. Identify how the way we move our bodies when performing a manual handling task can reduce the risk of injuries. (50-100 words)
5. Research the Manual Handling Code of Practice for your state or territory.
In the box below:
Provide a link to the website where you found the Manual Handling Code of Practice.
Briefly describe the three (3) factors from the Code that relate to manual handling and state how they affect your role as a care support worker.
Part B:
Infection control
1. Identify a minimum of five (5) risks of infection.
2. Make a list of three (3) standard precautions you would follow to minimise risk of infection being spread, as part of the normal work routine of a support worker.
3a. Identify at least three (3) situations in which the standard precautions for risk of infection are not enough, and where additional means of controlling infections will need to be introduced.
Contagious diseases
patients with catheters
Working with microorganisms, such as in a laboratory (Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens 2003)
3b. What extra precautions would you take in these situations?
3c. Identify three (3) ways, methods, or procedures to report risks of infection in your workplace. (10-20 words for each one)
4. Read the case scenarios below and:
Identify whether the support worker has used appropriate precautions to minimise risk.
If you feel they have not used appropriate precautions, state what you think they should have done.
5. Answer the questions in the table, which relate to the question above.
References
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens. 2003. Infection at work: Controlling the risks. Retrieved from http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/infection.pdf
Australian Government, My Aged Care. 2015. Aged care workforce. Retrieved from http://www.myagedcare.gov.au/about-us/aged-care-workforce
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. 2016. OSH answers fact sheets. Retrieved from https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/hsprograms/report.html
Carers Link. 2015. Support worker roles and responsibilities. Retrieved from http://www.carerslink.com.au/live-responsibilities-and-duties/
Commission for Occupational Safety and Health. 2010. Code of practice manual tasks. Retrieved from https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/atoms/files/manual_tasks.pdf
NOHSC. 2005. National Code of Practice for Manual Handling. Retrieved from http://www.cfmeu.asn.au/sites/cfmeu.asn.au/files/downloads/nat/reports/national-code-of-practice-for-manual-handling-nohsc-2005-1990.pdf
NHS Professionals. 2010. Standard infection control precautions. Retrieved from http://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/download/comms/cg1_nhsp_standard_infection_control_precautions_v3.pdf
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985. 2000. Code of practice for manual handling. Retrieved from https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/9426/COP25_manualhandling.pdf
Queensland Council of Social Service. 2013. Hazard reporting procedures. Retrieved from http://etraining.communitydoor.org.au/mod/page/view.php?id=226
Victoria State Government. 2016. Infections in hospital – reduce the risk. Retrieved from https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/infections-in-hospital-reduce-the-risk
