Comply with infection prevention and control policies and procedures Outline:
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to follow organisational infection prevention and control procedures, including implementing standard and transmission-based precautions and responding to infection risks.
This unit applies to individuals working in health and direct client care contexts.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
Foundation Skills:
Comply with infection prevention, Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance.
