27316 Collect, Transport, And Dispose Of Healthcare Waste When Working As An Orderly In A Health Or Disability Context

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Title Collect, transport, and dispose of healthcare waste when working as an orderly in a health or disability context

Level 4 Credits 5

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe systems for collecting, segregating, transporting, and disposing of health care waste; and collect, segregate, transport, and dispose of health care waste in own organisation, when working as an orderly in a health or disability context.

Classification Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Health and Disability Principles in Practice

Available grade Achieved

Explanatory notes

1 Legislation and codes relevant to this unit standard include: Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996; Human Tissue Act 2008.

2 New Zealand Standard relevant to this unit standard: NZS 4304:2002 Management of healthcare waste.

3 This unit standard cannot be assessed against in a simulated environment. For assessment, candidates must demonstrate competence in the workplace through paid or unpaid employment, or in placements in a service provider workplace negotiated by an education provider.

4 Candidates’ practice must reflect appropriate values, processes, and protocols in relation to working with Māori and Pacific peoples and/or people from other cultures, in a range of settings and environments.

5 Definitions Collecting healthcare waste refers to aggregating (bringing together) waste from primary sources or storage areas in readiness for segregation and transportation. Controlled waste is healthcare waste that is recognisable as coming from a medical facility, and which may be contaminated or soiled with infectious or potentially infectious human or animal body tissues, fluids, or solids that are not expressible under compaction; or is not infectious or potentially infectious but may be considered culturally or aesthetically offensive.

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Disposing of healthcare waste refers to the process of discarding or discharging waste to a permanent site or through a regulated medium that will prevent the possibility of subsequent harm, injury, or progressive damage to health or the environment. General waste refers to any waste that may be disposed of without controls, either at landfill or to a sewer. Hazardous waste is waste that poses a threat or risk to public health, safety, or the environment. Healthcare waste is discarded or extraneous material that is generated by or from health-focused services or facilities. Non-hazardous waste refers to any waste not classified within either of the categories of hazardous waste or controlled waste. An orderly is a person employed in a medical facility who undertakes a variety of assistive and support tasks that do not involve the medical treatment of clients. Organisation’s policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the employing organisation of the candidate and include ethical codes, standards, and other organisational requirements. Other type of waste includes cytotoxic waste, radioactive waste, sharps, and any other hazardous waste. Segregating healthcare waste refers to sorting and separating waste by waste categories at the point of collection. Transporting healthcare waste refers to physically moving waste from the point of collection to a waste holding area, or from a waste holding area to pre-disposal storage or final disposal.

Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1

Describe systems for collecting, segregating, transporting, and disposing of healthcare waste when working as an orderly in a health or disability context.

Range waste – hazardous, non-hazardous.

Evidence requirements

1.1 Systems for collecting healthcare waste for disposal are described in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

Range systems – security, documentation.

1.2 Systems for segregating healthcare waste for disposal are described in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

1.3 Systems for transporting healthcare waste for disposal are described in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

1.4 An orderly’s responsibilities for disposing of healthcare waste are described in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

Outcome 2

Collect, segregate, transport, and dispose of healthcare waste when working as an orderly in a health or disability context.

Range evidence is required for three types of healthcare waste – general waste, controlled waste, one other type of waste; procedures must include – security of healthcare waste, safety of self and others; procedures may include documentation.

Evidence requirements

2.1 Healthcare waste is collected for disposal in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

2.2 Healthcare waste is segregated for disposal in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

2.3 Healthcare waste is transported for disposal in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

2.4 Healthcare waste is disposed of in accordance with the organisation’s policies and procedures.

Replacement information This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28549.

This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 20 May 2011 31 December 2018 Review 2 16 April 2015 31 December 2018

Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0024 This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

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