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The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria Required Skills and Knowledge the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit	The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace defined as a supervised clinic is essential for assessment of this unit Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over a range of workplace situations Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations Evidence is required of both knowledge and skills application Where for reasons of safety space or access to equipment and resources assessment takes place away from the workplace the assessment environment should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum age culture and gender Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context including interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioners workplace scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units holisticintegrated assessment including working within the practice framework performing a health assessment assessing the client planning treatment providing treatment

Access and equity considerations	All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities workers should be aware of cultural historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal andor Torres Strait Islander clients and communities

Context of and specific resources for assessment	An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment Dispensing resources meet infection control standards Relevant texts or medical manuals Appropriate assessment environment for a primary contact healthcare practitioner providing client privacy adequate lighting and ventilation easy access practical access to amenities Appropriately skilled assessors

Method of assessment may include	Observation in the work place Written assignmentsprojects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting laboratorydispensary If successful a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision

Related units	This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related units HLTCOMC Communicate effectively with clients HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients HLTINC Manage the control of infection HLTIN504C Manage the control of infection

Range Statement



The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.

Pharmaceutical ingredients and equipment may include but is not limited to:	Medicinal substance, which may be of animal, mineral, vegetable, or imponderable source. Lactose powder or globules Medicating alcohol Distilled water Mortar and pestle Measuring equipment Sterile containers Labels Protective clothing

Nutritional and dietary supplement guidelines and methodology may include but is not limited to:	Nutritional and dietary supplement theory Legal restrictions Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) restricted/scheduled substances OHS Principles of manufacturing nutritional and dietary supplements Labelling requirements Testing of nutritional and dietary supplements

Care is taken to prevent contamination means:	One medicine is used at a time Medicines are made and prepared over an impervious surface Medicines which come into contact with contaminates are discarded. The work place is well ventilated with adequate lighting

Labelled correctly means:	According to legislative guidelines According to clinic requirements

Acceptable sources includes:	Nutritional and Dietary Supplement suppliers listed in the Therapeutic Goods Administration Overseas suppliers or Collected and prepared from natural sources after ascertaining that the material is uncontaminated by pesticides or other contaminant

Factors which may have an effect on the storage include:	Heat above 50 c Prolonged exposure to sunlight

Workplace information may include:	Details of preparation and dispensing undertaken Date the prescription was written Stock documentation Details of person(s) conducting preparation and dispensing Practitioner who wrote the prescription Dispensing information for prescriptions (administration instructions) Warnings concerning the prescription.

Instructions for taking Nutritional and dietary supplements refer to:	Mode of administration, eg external or internal Frequency of administration Factors which may interfere with the Nutritional and dietary supplements, eg Concurrent use of allopathic medications The need to report incidences to the prescribing Nutritional and dietary practitioner

Clinic guidelines may includes:	OHS guidelines Quality system guidelines Dispensing procedure Hygiene and waste guidelines Stock and storage procedures

Dispensed ingredients and equipment may include:	Measuring equipment Sterile containers Labels Protective clothing

The form of the medicine may include:	Powder Tablet Liquid Cream Ointment

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HLTNUT609B - Prepare and dispense nutritional and dietary supplements

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Range Statement