NZQA registered unit standard
28549 version 1
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Title
Collect and transport healthcare waste in a healthcare facility
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
3
This unit standard is for people who are working as orderlies in
a healthcare facility.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
systems for collecting, segregating, transporting healthcare
waste; and collect and transport healthcare waste, in a
healthcare facility.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Health and Disability
Principles in Practice
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Legislation and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996;
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993;
NZS 8134.0:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (general) Standard;
NZS 8134.1:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (core) Standards, available at www.standards.co.nz.
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Definitions
Orderlies – people employed in a healthcare facility who undertake a variety of
assistive and support tasks that do not involve the medical treatment of clients.
Organisational policies and procedures – policies, procedures, and methodologies of
an organisation. They include legislative and regulatory requirements which may
apply across a company, a specific site, or a workplace. Requirements are
documented in the company’s health and safety plans, contract work programmes,
quality assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe systems for collecting, segregating and transporting healthcare waste in a
healthcare facility.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
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NZQA registered unit standard
Range
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waste may include but is not limited to – hazardous, non-hazardous, and
general waste;
systems must include but are not limited to – security of healthcare waste,
safety of self and others.
Evidence requirement
1.1
Systems for collecting, segregating and transporting healthcare waste for
disposal/collection are described in accordance with organisational policies and
procedures.
Outcome 2
Collect and transport healthcare waste in a healthcare facility.
Range
waste may include but is not limited to – hazardous, non-hazardous, and
general waste.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Waste is collected and transported for collection/disposal in accordance with
organisational policies and procedures.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 27316.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 April 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited
enquiries@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016