Elements and Performance Criteria
- Comply with infection control regulations and guidelines and related legal obligations.
- Identify federal, state or territory, and local standards, regulations and guidelines that apply to beauty treatments and skin penetration procedures.
- Review organisational infection control policy and procedures for compliance.
- Identify infection control risks for skin penetration treatments.
- Monitor workplace for potential infection control risks.
- Monitor hygiene of premises.
- Observe workplace to ensure surfaces and equipment are cleaned and disinfected.
- Clean and disinfect non-penetrating instruments and articles.
- Monitor removal and disposal of contaminated material.
- Monitor handling and disposal of sharps and the cleaning of blood or body fluid spills.
- Check dilution rates, use and storage of cleaning products.
- Monitor storage of cleaning and treatment equipment.
- Provide clean linen or single use, disposable coverings for each treatment.
- Place soiled linen and protective clothing in a suitable receptacle.
- Clean and disinfect work area after treatment.
- Maintain infection control for skin penetration treatments.
- Maintain personal protection using standard and additional precautions for client contact as required.
- Provide single use, disposable and clean instruments where possible for each treatment.
- Ensure instruments, equipment or other items intended to penetrate the skin or be used on mucous membranes are sterile at time of use.
- Follow skin preparation procedures to minimise risk of transmission.
- Immediately dispose of single-use items and waste in appropriate containers.
- Separate, remove, clean and sterilise potentially contaminated items according to organisation infection control policy and procedure.
- Sterilise equipment and maintain steriliser.
- Ensure work flows from dirty zone to clean zone.
- Clean and dry items to be sterilised.
- Load steriliser and set steriliser cycle according to manufacturer instructions and Australian standard.
- Unload packages, inspect for sterilising, validate and record details according to manufacturer instructions and Australian standards.
- Store sterile items correctly to prevent contamination.
- Monitor the sterilising process.
- Inspect and clean steriliser and steriliser trays according to manufacturer guidelines and Australian standard.
- Maintain awareness of clinic design for control of infection risks.
- Identify aspects of the design of premises, surfaces, fixtures and fittings that minimise risk of transmission of infection.
- Arrange cleaning area to ensure the separation of dirty and clean items and work flow is from dirty to clean to sterile.
- Clean cleaning and sterilising area according to organisational policy and procedures.
- Comply with infection control regulations and guidelines and related legal obligations.
- Identify federal, state or territory, and local standards, regulations and guidelines that apply to beauty treatments and skin penetration procedures.
- Review organisational infection control policy and procedures for compliance.
- Identify infection control risks for skin penetration treatments.
- Monitor workplace for potential infection control risks.
- Monitor hygiene of premises.
- Observe workplace to ensure surfaces and equipment are cleaned and disinfected.
- Clean and disinfect non-penetrating instruments and articles.
- Monitor removal and disposal of contaminated material.
- Monitor handling and disposal of sharps and the cleaning of blood or body fluid spills.
- Check dilution rates, use and storage of cleaning products.
- Monitor storage of cleaning and treatment equipment.
- Provide clean linen or single use, disposable coverings for each treatment.
- Place soiled linen and protective clothing in a suitable receptacle.
- Clean and disinfect work area after treatment.
- Maintain infection control for skin penetration treatments.
- Maintain personal protection using standard and additional precautions for client contact as required.
- Provide single use, disposable and clean instruments where possible for each treatment.
- Ensure instruments, equipment or other items intended to penetrate the skin or be used on mucous membranes are sterile at time of use.
- Follow skin preparation procedures to minimise risk of transmission.
- Immediately dispose of single-use items and waste in appropriate containers.
- Separate, remove, clean and sterilise potentially contaminated items according to organisation infection control policy and procedure.
- Sterilise equipment and maintain steriliser.
- Ensure work flows from dirty zone to clean zone.
- Clean and dry items to be sterilised.
- Load steriliser and set steriliser cycle according to manufacturer instructions and Australian standard.
- Unload packages, inspect for sterilising, validate and record details according to manufacturer instructions and Australian standards.
- Store sterile items correctly to prevent contamination.
- Monitor the sterilising process.
- Inspect and clean steriliser and steriliser trays according to manufacturer guidelines and Australian standard.
- Maintain awareness of clinic design for control of infection risks.
- Identify aspects of the design of premises, surfaces, fixtures and fittings that minimise risk of transmission of infection.
- Arrange cleaning area to ensure the separation of dirty and clean items and work flow is from dirty to clean to sterile.
- Clean cleaning and sterilising area according to organisational policy and procedures.