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Jason has just started his new role as case manager at a not for profit children’s foster care organisation. His boss, Phillip, employed Jason on a probationary period of 3 months after he received a referral from a friend to employ Jason to fill the case manager position within the organisation.

It has been nearly a month since Jason started working at the not for profit children’s foster care organisation and Phillip has recently been informed by another case manager that, upon a number of occasions after caring for a toddler with a cold, Jason does not wash his hands.

This is particularly concerning as Jason has reportedly been off work on 2 occasions with suspected flu and cold like symptoms. 

Some of the staff who are aware of this issue are concerned about infection transmission to other children and staff when a person is not practicing hand hygiene and applying PPE. 

 

Phillip is surprised with this news as Jason was provided with a thorough workplace induction which included standard and additional precautions when working with children. The organisation has policy and procedures on hand hygiene practices, posters on the wall and hand sanitiser solutions can be found in every room. Unfortunately, there has been no way of making sure that staff are following the guidelines.

Phillip decides to conduct a direct observation of Jason working with a child who has a green coloured runny nose. 

Jason is carrying out an assessment on the child, he notices the child’s runny nose and wipes the nose with a tissue. Before the session has finished, the child grazes their knees after a fall and Jason quickly applies a band-aid to stop the small amount of bleeding from the grazed knee. After concluding the first aid treatment, Jason immediately moves to assess another child during some physical play activity.

 

Through direct observation, Phillip is able to confirm that Jason did not wash his hands both before and after attending to a runny nose of a child and application of a band-aid to the knee. 

Phillip feels it is necessary to review the organisations current hand hygiene policy and provide workers with the ‘5 Moments for Hand Hygiene’ program, and feels that this would be a great initiative for the service to follow as a benchmark against hand hygiene standards and practice. After completing his own review and assessment, Phillip will seek the input and consultation from other key members in the workplace to update the policy.

2. The workplace manger, Phillip needs to meet the work health and safety codes of practice on ‘How to manage WHS risks

a. Under which section and legislative Act can codes of practice be located?

b. Who should Phillip seek advice from to meet his duty to consult to discuss this work health and safety issue that he has observed? 

3. Explain the work health and safety responsibilities including due diligence that should be carried out by workplace manager Phillip; and discuss if his actions meet WHS legislative requirements. 

4. Under the Work Health and Safety Regulations, what are the requirements of personal protective equipment (PPE) under sections 44-47 and list the standard precautions Jason should have used in his workplace when working with clients. 

5. List all possible risk control methods that could be implemented for this identified hazard in the workplace. 

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