Guidelines on Infection Prevention and Control for Acupuncturists
This document outlines infection control guidelines for the practice of acupuncture in Victoria.
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Guidelines on Infection Prevention and Control for Acupuncturists [PDF 729Kb]
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Introduction [PDF 1321Kb]
This part includes:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Glossary
- Acronyms and abbreviations
Chapter 1 Principles of infection control [PDF 734Kb]
This chapter is about the principles of
infection control.
This part includes:
- Introduction
- How infections occur
- Regulatory requirements for acupuncturists
- Requirements for acupuncture training providers
- Workplace safety, infection control and risk management
- Staff training and incident management
Chapter 2 Clinics [PDF 676Kb]
This chapter addresses infection
control requirements for clinics in which acupuncture is carried out. These include requirements
for clinic layout, flooring, hand basins, linen, and cleaning and maintenance of the clinic.
This part includes:
- Risk assessment of clinics
- General requirements for clinics
- Treatment room requirements
- Reprocessing area
- Flooring
- Ventilation
- Hand basins
- Hand-cleaning agents and dispensers
- Linen
- Cleaning of clinics
- Waste disposal
- Animals in the clinic
Chapter 3 Staff hygiene and protection [PDF 424Kb]
This chapter outlines the requirements
for practitioner and staff hygiene, including hand washing, wearing gloves and protective clothing,
vaccinations for health care workers, and smoking and eating in the clinic.
This part includes:
- Hand washing and drying
- Gloves
- Personal protective clothing and equipment
- Hepatitis B vaccinations for health care workers
- Smoking and eating
Chapter 4 Instruments [PDF 1143Kb]
This chapter describes the level
of reprocessing (precleaning and cleaning; precleaning, cleaning and disinfecting; or precleaning,
cleaning and sterilising) required for the different instruments used in an acupuncture clinic.
This part includes:
- Instrument precleaning and cleaning
- Instrument disinfection
- Instrument sterilisation
- Differing levels of instrument reprocessing
- Suitable instrument materials for reprocessing
- Flow diagrams for precleaning and cleaning instruments
Chapter 5 Clinical procedures [PDF 615Kb]
This chapter explains
how to apply the principles of infection control to procedures that are carried out within an
acupuncture practice.
This part includes:
- Following a risk management approach
- Choosing instruments and needles
- Dispensing ointments, cream, oils and liniments
- Preparing the work area
- Following clinical procedures
- Cleaning work areas after each patient
- Managing bleeding and injuries in the clinic
- Off-site acupuncture
Appendixes, references and standards [PDF 803Kb]
This part includes Appendix:
- Checklist of requirements for acupuncture clinics
- Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) tables for acupuncture clinics
- Managing bleeding
- Managing occupational exposure to blood
- Checklist of requirements for clinic and treatment rooms
- Suggested clinic cleaning program
- Clean-up procedures following blood and body fluid spills
- Cleaning up after a treatment session
- Cleaning standards for change or shower rooms and toilets
- Using and storing detergents, disinfectants and other chemicals
- Hand care
- Using single-use gloves in acupuncture treatment
- Safe needle insertion and removal procedures
References
Australian Standards
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