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Follow Safe Work Practices for Direct Client Care (HLTWHS002)

Policies

Emergency Procedures

Health and Safety Guidelines: Australian Hospitals by Working Pictures
Call Number: 362.61 HEA (City)
Publication Date: 2016
This DVD incorporates the very latest health and safety information for working in hospitals.

Building and Office Evacuation
This video looks at the types of incidents that may cause a building evacuation and how to plan and coordinate an evacuation.

Fire Safety

Health and Safety Guidelines: Australian Hospitals by Working Pictures
Call Number: 362.61 HEA (City)
Publication Date: 2016
This DVD incorporates the very latest health and safety information for working in hospitals.
Hospitals Don't Burn Down by Ross Nichols; Chris McGill; Anne Brooksbank; Brian Trenchard-Smith
Call Number: 363.379 HOS (City)
Publication Date: 1977
Demonstrates the results of good and bad training and the need for all personnel to learn basic drills and safety routines in case of fire.

Fire Safety Awareness
This video looks at the nature, causes and behaviour of fire and how fires can be prevented and managed.

Hazard Management

OH&S. What Level of Responsibility Must Nurses and Midwives Take Against Workplace Injury? 'OH&S. What level of responsibiliy must nurses and midwives take against workplace injury?' Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 12, retrieved from CINAHL Plus with Full Text, EBSCOhost.

Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Hazards
This video outlines how hazards can be managed through recognition, evaluation and prevention.
Risk Management for Nurses
This ClickView video explains how to identify and assess risks as well as potential solutions, and how to develop a risk management plan
Understanding Hazards and Risks
This program looks at how to identify risks and hazards in the workplace and prevent accidents from occurring.

Health and Safety Guidelines: Australian Hospitals by Working Pictures
Call Number: 362.61 HEA (City)
Publication Date: 2016
This DVD incorporates the very latest health and safety information for working in hospitals.
Safety in Session II Hazard Identification by Safety Image
Call Number: 363.117 SAF (East)
Publication Date: 2004
This video looks at conducting safety inspections; analysis of safety data; use of specifications and records; and accident investigation.

Infection Control & Prevention

Infectious Diseases: How Do you Break the Chain?
Maintaining Skin Health and Integrity for Staff Wearing Personal Protective Equipment for Prolonged Periods: A Practical Tip Sheet Coyer, F, Coleman, K, Hocking, K, Leong, T, Levido, A & Barakat-Johnson, M 2020, 'Maintaining skin health and integrity for staff wearing personal protective equipment for prolonged periods: a practical tip sheet', Wound Practice & Research, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 75-83, retrieved from Informit Health Collection.

Basic Infection Control for Healthcare Providers by Michael Kennamer
Call Number: 614.4 KEN (City)
Publication Date: 2006
Basic Infection Control for Health Care Providers, Second Edition, is a clear and concise guide to preventing occupational exposure hazards and communicable and infectious diseases. This book includes coverage on how to safely protect oneself from infectious agents and what do in case of infectious exposure.
Infection Prevention and Control by Christine Perry
Call Number: 614.44 INF (City)
Publication Date: 2007
Infection prevention and control is an essential component of care, and an issue high on the agenda for both nurses and patients. This concise, accessible text provides students and newly qualified staff with an invaluable guide to the essential principles of infection prevention and control, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe and effective care.

Infection Control: Essential Practices & Procedures for Australian Hospitals by Working Pictures
Call Number: 614.44 INF (City)
Publication Date: 2011
This training presentation details the latest infection control practices and procedures for the health care sector.

Bloodborne Pathogens-Managing the Risk
This Safetyhub video looks at different types of bloodborne diseases, how they are transmitted and how to decrease the risk of exposure.
Infection Control in Healthcare
This ClickView video outlines the four principles of infection control, examines standard precautions, and explores ways that organisations can limit the spread of infection.

Manual Handling

Lifting Safely: Body Mechanics and Lift Planning
This program shows the body mechanics involved in the process of lifting safely and offers several general rules to keep in mind for any lifting task, particularly tasks involved with assisting residents with their mobility. It presents specific steps one should consider when preparing to do a lift.
Moving and Handling: Practical
Focusing on the care home setting, this title will show your staff how to use equipment safely and assist service users in their daily lives.
Moving and Handling Assessments
This ClickView videos covers safe moving principles, types of assessments, mobility and risk assessments and generic and individual assessments.
Moving and Handling Theory
This informative program from ClickView demonstrates techniques that build a solid foundation for a high level of moving and handling skill.
Safe Manual Handling
This video details how to safely and correctly move items by lifting, holding, pushing, pulling, shifting and lowering

Material Safety Data Sheets

Safety Data Sheets: An Introduction
This video discusses the information contained in Safety Data Sheets and how to interpret them.

Security

Types of Behaviours of Concern
This ClickView video outlines common examples of difficult and challenging behaviours as well as providing strategies for safe, effective responses.

Health and Safety Guidelines: Australian Hospitals by Working Pictures
Call Number: 362.61 HEA (City)
Publication Date: 2016
This DVD incorporates the very latest health and safety information for working in hospitals.

Waste Management

WHS Policy & Legislation

Workplace Bullying & Harassment

Defining Bullying in the Workplace
This ClickView video demonstrates some of the many forms of workplace bullying and explores the nature, causes and effects of workplace bullying.