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How to Handle Sharps, Infectious Waste, with WHS
This is a non-accredited course. It is written for the workplace, so the session can be tailored to the roles, the waste stream and the procedure your staff already use.
Book this Course
Onsite for groups, Australia-wide. Enquire and we confirm a date.
Why a non-accredited session suits a workplace
A non-accredited course can be shaped around the people in the room. Corporate, aged care and clinical teams can cover the sharps and infectious waste they actually handle, the containers on their site, and the WHS steps in their own procedure. The session is not locked to a national unit, so the trainer can spend time on the risks that matter for that workplace.
A certificate is always issued for workplace training records. Your training manager receives it after the session, so attendance and completion are on file even though the course is not nationally accredited.
This course has been designed by Australian Lifesaver Training for corporates that need in-house training based on their own policies and procedures.
Before the session we consult with you on the content. We add the steps that matter for your site and take out anything that is not relevant, so the training matches the work your people do.
What the course covers
- Identify a sharp and infectious waste in a workplace.
- Report to emergency services if the waste is high risk.
- Handle, contain and dispose of a sharp safely.
- Use WHS methods to pick up the waste.
- Use safety standards to dispose of the waste in the company-allocated disposal items.
- Respond to a sharps injury and report it.
- Complete a company infectious waste report.
- Use the PPE and containers required by the workplace.
- Perform First Aid and call an ambulance if needed.
- Follow the waste procedure for the site.
Course delivery
Onsite practical for groups.
Certificate renewal
No period is set on the unit. Follow workplace policy.
Assessment
This is a non-accredited workplace session. Completion is recorded against the objectives agreed for the site, and a certificate is issued for workplace training records.