Question

Health and safety guidelines of the organisation dictate that all staff and clients are to wash their hands before handing food. You notice there is no procedure on the washing of hands. You advise your manager, who asks you to write a procedure for washing hands.

a. Write a procedure on washing hands.

b. Why would you show your manager the procedure before showing it to the staff and clients?

c. Why would you ask for feedback from staff and clients about your procedure?

d. How would you make sure all the staff and clients are aware of the washing hands procedure and why it was put in place?

e. What WHS act do organisations need to follow?

f. How can you keep up to date with changes to regulations, policies and procedures?

Answer 1

Question no 1

The procedure of hand washing

1. Wet the hands of the individual with the help of water, and then we have to b apply soap to specificaly cover the hand surfaces
2. Rub the hands that is palm to palm
3. Then the Right palm over that of the left dorsum with the interlaced fingers as well as vice versa
4. Then Palm to palm specifically with the fingers well interlaced
5. Backs of the fingers of the individual to the opposing palms with that of the fingers interlaced
6. The next step is the rotational rubbing of the left thumb that is clasped in the right palm as well as vice versa
7. Rotational rubbing that is , backwards and then to forwards with the clasped fingers of the right hand, as well as vice versa
8. Rinse the hands of the individual with water and then we have to dry with a single use of the towel
9. The use the towel specificaly to turn off the tap

Question no 2

It should be shown to the maneger as he has to approve this chart that has been made and should make sure that the procedure is accountable for the institution before anyone else . If corrections has to be made then it has to be done

Question no 3

Feedback will help in the correction of the steps if any and if any clarification is to be made . Feedback will help to boost confidence and also make corrections in the future. The staff are the ones who are doing the procedure so we have to collect feedback from them

Question no 4

Conducting a survey on the awareness and asking the staff to fill a questionnaire on the topic will help to make sure they have enough knowledge on why it was implemented and why it is in place