NZQA registered unit standard
27453 version 1
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Title
Maintain materials for dental therapy and general dentistry and
describe waste material disposal procedures
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
materials used in dental therapy and general dentistry, their
storage, preparation and handling; maintain materials and
medicaments used in dental therapy and general dentistry; and
describe disposal of waste materials from dental therapy and
general dentistry.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Allied Health Assistance
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996;
Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003;
Health (Retention of Health Information) Regulations 1996;
Privacy Act 1993;
Radiation Protection Act 1965;
Radiation Protection Regulations 1982.
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New Zealand Standards relevant to this unit standard include:
AS/NZS 3816:1998 Management of clinical and related wastes;
AS/NZS 4478:1997 Guide to the reprocessing of reusable containers for the
collection of sharp items used in human and animal clinical/medical applications;
AS/NZS 4815:2006 Office-based health care facilities – Reprocessing of reusable
medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of the associated
environment;
NZS 4304:2002 Management of Healthcare Waste;
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;
NZS 8134.3:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (infection prevention and control) Standards;
NZS 8153:2002 Health records.
All New Zealand Standards are available at http://www.standards.co.nz/.
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Codes of practice relevant to this unit standard include:
The Dental Council of New Zealand. (August 2004; Amended December 2006).
Code of Practice: The professional relationships associated with the practice of
dental therapy. Wellington: Author;
The Dental Council of New Zealand. (December 2006). Code of Practice: Patient
information and records. Wellington: Author;
The Dental Council of New Zealand. (May 2008). Code of Practice: Control of cross
infection in dental practice. Wellington: Author.
All Dental Council Codes of Practice are available at
http://www.dentalcouncil.org.nz/dcStandardsCodes.
National Radiation Laboratory, Ministry of Health. (1991). Code of safe practice for
the use of x-rays in dentistry (NRL C7 Version 1.2) (Rev. ed. June 2010). Wellington:
Author, available at http://www.nrl.moh.govt.nz/regulatory/regulatorypublications.asp.
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This unit standard cannot be assessed against in a simulated environment. For
assessment, candidates must demonstrate competence in the workplace through
paid or unpaid employment, or in placements in a service provider workplace
negotiated by an education provider
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Definitions
Candidate refers to the person seeking credit for this unit standard.
Controlled waste is healthcare waste that is recognisable as coming from a
healthcare facility, and which may be contaminated or soiled with infectious or
potentially infectious human or animal body tissues, fluids, or solids that are not
expressible under compaction; or is not infectious or potentially infectious but may be
considered culturally or aesthetically offensive.
Dental therapy refers to the assessment, planning, and provision of dental care.
Dental therapists are responsible for ensuring that the patient (and caregiver where
applicable) is provided with sufficient information to make an informed choice about
treatment and to provide informed consent.
General dentistry is the maintenance of health through the assessment, diagnosis,
management, treatment, and prevention of any disease, disorder, or condition of the
orofacial complex and associated structures.
General waste refers to any waste that may be disposed of without controls, either at
landfill or to a sewer.
Hazardous waste is waste that poses a threat or risk to public health, safety, or the
environment.
Maintain/maintenance of materials and medicaments in the context of this unit
standard refers to factors including but not limited to storage, access, stock taking,
safety and security, shelf life, spoilage.
Materials refers to any substance used in the course of an oral health care
procedure, including but not limited to biomaterials, dental implant materials,
polymers and composite resins, silicones, dental cements, adhesives and alloys,
dental metals, porcelain and ceramics, dental impression materials, bonding and
casting agents, sealants.
Medicaments in the context of this unit standard are agents used to treat orofacial
injuries, ailments, or conditions, for example filling materials, calcium hydroxide, glass
ionomers, topical fluoride.
Non-hazardous waste refers to any waste not classified within either of the
categories of hazardous waste or controlled waste.
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Organisation’s policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the
employing organisation of the candidate and include ethical codes, standards, and
other organisational requirements.
Other type of waste includes cytotoxic waste, radioactive waste, sharps, and any
other hazardous waste.
The six defined categories of oral health care procedures refers to examination,
assessment, prevention procedures, restorative procedures, surgical procedures,
periodontal procedures.
Waste materials in the context of this unit standard refers to any discarded or
extraneous agents, products, or substances that are generated by or from oral health
care procedures.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe materials used in dental therapy and general dentistry, their storage, preparation
and handling.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials used in dental therapy and general dentistry are described in terms of
their uses in four of the six defined categories of oral health care procedures in
accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
1.2
Storage of materials is described in terms of the manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
1.3
evidence is required for storage of three materials – one light
sensitive, one temperature sensitive, one life cycle sensitive.
Preparation and handling of materials used in dental therapy and general
dentistry are described in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications
and the organisation's policies and procedures.
Range
evidence is required for three different materials.
Outcome 2
Maintain materials and medicaments used in dental therapy and general dentistry.
Range
evidence is required of maintaining three different materials and three different
medicaments.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Materials and medicaments used in dental therapy and general dentistry are
maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications and the
organisation’s policies and procedures.
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Outcome 3
Describe disposal of waste materials resulting from dental therapy and general dentistry.
Range
categories of waste – controlled waste, general waste, hazardous waste, nonhazardous waste, and other type of waste;
evidence is required for one example of waste materials from any three
categories of waste.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The means of disposal of waste materials resulting from dental therapy and
general dentistry is described in accordance with the organisation’s policies and
procedures and/or the manufacturer’s specifications.
3.2
Procedures for the separation and collection of waste materials resulting from
dental therapy and general dentistry are described in accordance with the
organisation’s policies and procedures and/or the manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
procedures for – security of waste, safety of self and others.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 June 2011
N/A
0024
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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.
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.
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