Is your pharmacy COVID-Safe?

Before you start your enrolment, please be aware that you will need the following:

• Driver’s Licence or Proof of Age with address
• Medicare Card
• Contract or Letter of Employment (see template below if needed)
• USI (Unique Student Identifier) number – link is provided on the enrolment page

As part of your training, you will need to submit videos demonstrating the knowledge you have gained through the online learning. Six practical video demonstrations are required to be submitted for assessment in a number of areas, including: hand hygiene, donning and doffing PPE and cleaning a spill.

For each practical assessment we have listed the equipment you will need, the steps you need to follow and a video demonstration. Please see each section below for your in-depth guide on completing each video submission.

• The maximum file size that can be uploaded is 128MB
  • The video resolution can be adjusted on smart phones/tablets/laptops via the settings app (the lowest picture resolution is recommended)
  • Smart phone videos can be transferred directly to the computer via USB
    • Open “Photos” program on computer and select “Import”
• Videos can be split into 2 or 3 parts to help keep the files smaller (3 files per video submission can be uploaded)
• Ensure videos are named as stated in the Video Submission Instructions document:
  • HLTINFPRAC21
  • HLTINFPRAC22
  • HLTINFPRAC23
  • HLTINFPRAC24
  • HLTINFPRAC25
  • HLTINFPRAC26

Duration: 1-2 minutes long

Environment: Located next to first aid kit

Items required:

• Container with detergent and water mixture
• Red marker
• Alcohol Based Hand sanitiser (ABH)/soap
• First aid kit
• Waterproof band-aid
• Cloth
• Disinfectant
• Bin

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Put a red cross on index finger to illustrate a cut
2. Check hands for wounds and show a cut was located
3. Clean hands with ABH/soap or use swab on the cut
4. Apply waterproof band-aid
5. Wash hands with ABH/soap using correct technique
6. Put on disposable gloves
7. Wipe down the area and first aid kit with detergent and water
8. Spray disinfectant onto paper towel OR use Pine O Clean disinfecting wipes to wipe down the first aid kit and surrounding areas
9. Dispose of disinfectant paper towel/wipe in the bin
10. Remove gloves using correct technique
11. Dispose of gloves in the bin
12. Wash hands with ABH/soap using correct technique

Watch the example video

Duration: 1-2 minutes long

• Tissue
• Alcohol Based Hand Sanitiser (ABH)
• Bin

1. Cough/sneeze into a tissue
2. Throw tissue into a bin
3. Wash hands with ABH using correct technique
4. Cough/sneeze into your elbow
5. Wash hands with ABH using correct technique

Watch the example video

1. Cut off the bottom of a bin bag
2. Fully unfold the bin bag
3. Fold the bin bag in half, lengthwise
4. Cut along the blue lines (as indicated in the image above) to produce:
   1. Neckline
   2. 2 x Neck Tie
   3. Apron Tie

Watch the example video

Duration: 7-8 minutes

Environment:

• Table (at least 1.2 x 1.2) covered by a tablecloth (cloth or plastic, at least 1.8 x 1.8, if using plastic handle as you would cloth)
• Container of sputum emptied onto the middle of the tablecloth

Items Required:

• Appropriate PPE as donned for video 2.4 above
• Simulated sputum - 1/4 cup of rolled oats and 1/2 cup water - put onto tablecloth
• Portable barrier (spare bin, empty box, wet floor sign)
  • Signage – “Caution Keep Clear” sign attached to a portable barrier
• Bin signed as “Clinical Waste”
  • Signage – “Clinical Waste” sign (to be stuck onto the bin)
• Paper towels
• Chux for cleaning table with detergent
• Detergent (dishwashing liquid)
• Disinfectant Solution - Pine O Clean
• Disinfectant wipes - Pine O Clean wipes for cleaning table
• Leak proof bag / black garbage bag: For dirty tablecloth
• 2x mops or change mop head between detergent and disinfectant
• 2 x mop buckets - 1 for detergent and 1 for disinfectant
  • 1 Bucket filled with water and detergent
  • 1 Bucket filled with water and disinfectant
• 1x Plastic container
  • Filled with water and detergent

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Use paper towel to pick up bulk of sputum and place in the Clinical Waste Bin
2. Bundle up tablecloth by folding corners up into the middle
3. Put tablecloth into the Leak proof bag / black garbage bag, tie up and put aside
4. Clean table with using container of detergent solution and chux
5. Throw chux into clinical waste bin
6. Clean table with Pine O Clean disinfectant wipes
7. Throw wipes into clinical waste bin
8. Show that detergent is in 1st mop bucket and mop under and around table
9. Show that disinfectant / Pine O Clean is in 2nd bucket
10. Use a different mop or mop head to disinfect under and around the table

Watch the example video

Duration: 2-3 minutes

Items Required:

• Bin labelled as “Clinical Waste”
• Container labelled as "Contaminated PPE to be cleaned"
• Alcohol Based hand sanitiser (ABH)

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Remove gloves using correct technique and place in clinical waste bin
2. Remove goggles and place in container for disinfecting
3. Remove apron using correct technique and place in clinical waste bin
   1. Grab from the middle of the inside, fold sides inwards and roll up
4. Remove mask using correct technique and place in clinical waste bin
5. Clean hands with ABH using correct technique

Watch the example video