Skills Demonstration Report Guidelines: Hand Hygiene, Body Fluid Spills, Linen Management, Healthcar

Important Information

As part of this assessment, learners are required write four individual reports on how they would undertake the following skills tasks:

1. Hand Hygiene Technique.
2. Correct management of body fluid spillages.
3. Correct handling & disposal of linen.
4. Correct handling & disposal of sharps and healthcare waste.

In each of the written report’s learners are required to illustrate good practice that they will implement in future practice. Learners will also need to illustrate their understanding and knowledge of their role in promoting safe practices.

1. For each of the reports please write in the first person.

 

2. Where requested support your report with a video recording which is submitted separately.

 

3. Where advised you can support your report with appropriate images sourced from internet.

 

4. Support each report with research evidence, highlighting best practice guidelines.

1. Preparation: how you would prepare to complete the task.

 

2. Materials: list the materials, resources, equipment that would be used to effectively carry out the task.

 

3. Procedure and Rationale: this section of the report should illustrate a detailed account, step by step guide, of how the procedure would be carried out, illustrating knowledge, rationale and best practice, supported with references.

4. Reflection on Practice: reflect on knowledge gained, and how it will benefit you in practice.

You are required to write 4 skills reports on the following skills tasks; each skills report carries 10%.

a) Social Technique.
b) Alcohol Technique.

 

Alongside your written account of this skill (as per headings above) this report must be supported with a video of your hand hygiene technique (choose either A or B) and recorded on camera and transferred to disc/usb/web link for assignment submission.

a) Urine Spills.
b) Blood Spills.

 

Alongside your written account of this skill (as per headings above) this report must be supported with appropriate images sourced from the web and referenced accordingly.

a) Handling and Disposal of Non-Soiled Linen.
b) Handling and Disposal of Soiled Linen.

 

Alongside your written account of this skill (as per headings above) this report must be supported with appropriate images sourced from the web and referenced accordingly.

a) Correct Disposal of Sharps.
b) Handling and Disposal of Healthcare RISK Waste.

 

Alongside your written account of this skill (as per headings above) this report must be supported with appropriate images sourced from the web and referenced accordingly.

In this assessment you must demonstrate your ability to research the topics independently and ensure they are based on best practice. Please ensure to use relevant research and sources of information and provide a bibliography as per Harvard Style.

 

In the completion of this assessment, you may gather your material from a variety of resources which may include the following:

 

• The Internet-------- reliable sources only. It is preferable to use Irish / UK based websites.
• Course Material
• HSE website: www.hse.ie
• HSA website: www.hsa.ie
• HIQA: www.hiqa.ie

• Accuracy of information supplied.
• You have referenced throughout, demonstrating where you have sourced everything you have written, and images used.
• Written in correct context as instructed.
• Quality of Presentation
• Grammatical correctness and proper spelling
• Professional vocational language is used.
• Referencing as per Harvard style.