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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Elements define the essential outcomes
2. Prepare clients for procedure
   • Determine preparation needs from review of information
   • Select and use personal protective equipment appropriate to procedure
   • Adopt standard and additional infection control guidelines and precautions according to organisation documented procedure
   • Attach equipment safely and securely to appropriate sites
   • Safely detach equipment when no longer required with minimum risk of damage to client, staff or equipment
   • Safely store equipment in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations, or prepare ready for re-use
   • Follow established procedures if equipment is found to be faulty
3. Assist with client transfer
   • Identify correct operating table and table orientation before client is transferred
   • Informrelevant personnel of actions to be performed
   • Detach equipment not required following correct procedure and infection control requirements
   • Safely and correctly adjust equipment attached to client during transfer
   • Maintain a safe working area and clear passage at all times assessing and controlling for manual task risk factors
   • Minimise and respond to client discomfort during transfer
   • Re-connect and position equipment once transfer is completed following infection control requirements
   • Maintain client’s dignity before, during and after transfer
4. Position clients for operative procedure
   • Inform client of positioning procedure, reassure and seek co-operation as required
   • Ensure relevant equipment is available and correctly positioned
   • Take into account individual client needs and confirm with relevant personnel
   • Follow correct manual handling procedures and seek assistance
   • Safely position clientto meet the requirements of the anaesthetist and surgeon and the clients condition
   • Seek confirmation of correct position from anaesthetist and surgeon
   • Maintain the client in correct position as required, using assistive equipment when available
   • Maintain client’s dignity during positioning

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that the candidate has:

followed established technical, infection control and safety procedures and instructions for the preparation, transfer and positioning of at least 3 different clients

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

legal and ethical considerations for theatre work and how these are applied in organisations, including:

children in the workplace

duty of care

informed consent

mandatory reporting

privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

records management

work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations when working with clients

work health and safety

standard and additional infection control procedures that apply to the operating theatre environment

features and functions of equipment that needs be handled when preparing clients:

during transfer

during positioning

medical terms used in the operating room relevant to technician work

additional infection control procedures that apply to the operating theatre environment

human anatomy and physiology in relation to client transfer and positioning, including:

normal and abnormal body positions

joint movement

features of body locations where equipment may need to be attached/detached

different positions required for operative procedures, associated risks, and how to position clients, including:

supine

prone

lateral

lithotomy

risks, precautions and techniques for protecting clients during moving and positioning

safe manual handling and risk factors for manual tasks

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