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Safe Handling and Disposal of Sharps

  • N/A
  •   1 1/2 hours
  • Workplace

Description

An easy, short, hands-on non-accredited course designed to provide you with the knowledge and skill in safe handling and disposal of sharps. There are no assessments as part of this course.

This course is recommended for:
• Shires and Councils cleaning staff

Overview

Course Content:

  • Risks to health
  • Hygiene and protection
  • What are sharps?
  • Tasks that involve handling of sharps
  • DOs and DON'Ts of correct sharps handling
  • First Aid management for sharps injuries
  • Incident reporting

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

Unit(s) of Competency

There are no formal qualifications associated with this course.

Find a venue & book now

Sorry, this course is not bookable via the St John website.

Please contact our First Aid Services and Training team call centre on (08) 9334 1233 for more information and availability of this course.

The call centre is open Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.