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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes
2. Provide information about infection prevention and control policies and procedures
   • Explain correct and current infection prevention and control information clearly to the work group
   • Regularly provide information about identified hazards and the outcomes of infection risk assessments
   • Provide opportunities for the work group to seek further information on workplace infection prevention and control issues and practices
   • Adapt communication to the needs of different workers
3. Integrate infection prevention and control policy and procedure into work practices
   • Implement infection prevention and control policy and procedures with members of the work group
   • Maintain liaison with person responsible for organisation-wide infection prevention and control
   • Provide coaching and support as required to ensure that individuals or teams are able to implement infection prevention and control practices
   • Adopt work procedures to reflect appropriate infection prevention and control practice
   • Promptly resolve issues raised through consultation or refer to the appropriate personnel
   • Implement workplace procedures for dealing with infection prevention and control risks and hazardous events
   • Encourage colleagues to report infection risks and to improve infection prevention and control procedures
4. Monitor infection prevention and control procedures performance and implement improvements in practices
   • Promptly investigate infectious hazardous events to identify their cause in accordance with organisation policy and procedure
   • Monitor work procedures to control infection risks
   • Regularly review and adjust work procedures to improve infection prevention and control practice
   • Provide feedback to colleagues on compliance issues, changes in work procedures and infection prevention and control outcomes
   • Identify and respond to inadequacies in work procedures and infection prevention and control measures or report to designated personnel
   • Maintain accurate records of infection prevention and control risks and incidents as required
   • Use aggregate infection prevention and control information reports to identify hazards, to monitor and improve risk control methods and to indicate training needs
   • Document, report and investigate potential breaches of infection prevention and control in accordance with organisation procedures