This Post Has 28 Questions

1. 

   Briony Ward

   18 Jun 2020 Reply

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?
   1. What to do in a Blood Spill Procedure
   2. What the highest – lowest risk situations are
   3. How to wear PPE effectively

   What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
   1. Avoiding clients that have blisters, cuts, visibly infected skin
   2. Ensuring I have a workspace that reduces risk
   3. Working while wearing gloves

   What are three things that really surprised you?
   1. The amount of Biohazards we encounter every day
   2. How easily Biohazards can be spread – Respiratory, Blood / Eyes and by swallowing
   3. How Hep B is predominantly spread by blood

   What are three things you will never forget?
   1. Blood Spill Procedure
   2. Getting Client to wash their hands before and have them watch me wash my hands
   3. Disinfect carefully between clients

   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?
   1. Watch the video and take notes.

   1. 

      Penny

      19 Jun 2020 Reply

      Spot on, thanks Briony!

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   Patricia Kaponga

   26 Jun 2020 Reply

   Copy these questions into the comment box below and tell us –

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?

   1. What to do when blood is spilled.

   2. The difference between low risk and high risk biohazards.

   3. What PPE gear I should be using and in which situations it is recommended to do so.

   What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
   1. Remembering the steps to prevent exposure.

   2. Remembering when to re-sanitise after potential contaminants have been introduced eg, drinking from a bottle. Fiddling with keys etc.

   3. Adjusting my workspace to minimize biohazards.

   What are three things that really surprised you?

   1. It’s safe to work on someone with HIV provided all preventative measures have been adhered to.

   2. Clients need to wash their hands after a service

   3. The amount of procedures required to prevent exposure to Bio Hazards.

   What are three things you will never forget?

   1. Blood spill procedure.

   2. Washing hands before and after treatments.

   3. If you have been exposed to a bio hazard seek medical advise.

   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?

   1. Watch the video and read the information as many times as you need to help you gain a better understanding.

   It would be lovely if you then went and commented on someone else’s post that you relate to!

   1. 

      Penny

      29 Jun 2020 Reply

      Awesome work 🙂

3. 

   Deeane

   27 Jun 2020 Reply

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?
   1. Quiz 2. how to wash hands properly 3. risks

   What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
   1. quiz 2. importance of clear workspace 3. being vigilant of possible exposure to biohazards

   What are three things that really surprised you?
   1. that lots of what we should have been doing anyway to protect ourselves from biohazards like viruses we didn’t until was compulsory with Covid 19 2. hep b is more likely to be spread by blood than HIV 3. you get the patient to get their own gauze to put on bleeding

   What are three things you will never forget?
   1. blood spill procedure 2. be vigilant of cuts/open sores etc 3. gloves and hand washing

   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?
   1. research activity helps lock in info

   1. 

      Penny

      29 Jun 2020 Reply

      Perfect 🙂

4. 

   Lisa Johnson

   28 Jun 2020 Reply

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this module
   1. Blood spill procedure
   2. Wearing of PPE
   3. Quiz
   What are three things you really need to work on.
   1. Vigilance to risks of exposure
   2. Working while wearing gloves
   3. Treating everyone as if they could be infected with anything
   What are three things that really surprised you
   1. That providing that I follow the correct procedures at all times it is perfectly safe to work on someone with HIV
   2. That I cannot work on someone’s nail if I hurt them on that finger.
   3. That I should get all clients to wash there hands before I begin work and also that they should see me wash mine too.
   What are 3 things you will never forget
   1. Always double bag and discard outside anything that gets bodily fluid on them that is disposable.
   2. Making sure my clients and myself wash hands before beginning
   3. Sanitize and disinfect between Clients (never seen this happen ever, anywhere I’ve ever been)
   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this module.
   Take your time, and watch the video and as usual take notes.

   1. 

      Penny

      29 Jun 2020 Reply

      Hopefully you just haven’t seen Disinfection because they do it out the back or something (fingers crossed)

5. 

   Dianne Theron

   4 Jul 2020 Reply

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?
   1. Knowing what a Biohazard is 2. How to properly wash hands (thanks Covid-19) 3. Familiar with what to do if exposed to bodily fluids

   What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
   1. The Blood Spill Drill – can’t forget the antiseptic before applying the band aid 2. Do not work on a finger that’s been hurt, ask client to come back free of charge once wound has healed

   What are three things that really surprised you?
   1. That clients need to tend to their own wounds. During First Aid training I learned to do this for others, so need to be sure I remember that. 2. Hep B is more likely transmitted than HIV/AIDS

   What are three things you will never forget?
   1. Double bag and dispose of Biohazards in an outside bin
   2. Not to work on an injured finger
   3. To disinfect area and implements

   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?
   1. Download the activities and fill them out

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      Penny

      6 Jul 2020 Reply

      Spot on 🙂

6. 

   Olivia Loveridge

   6 Jul 2020 Reply

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?

   1. Understanding the routes of infection

   2. Prevention is key. I liked your story about your HIV client and how nothing should change in your procedure because you’ve learnt they have it.

   3. Research activity

   What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
   1. I’d like to find out from my GP about the Hep B vaccine

   2. Keep practicing the blood spill drill so I don’t miss any steps. I think for my first aid kit I’ll print off a little checklist so I don’t miss anything in the moment

   3. Ensuring I’m washing hands after a service as well as before.

   What are three things that really surprised you?

   1. Hep B being most likely and HIV being least likely to be spread through blood.

   2. Thinking about all of the different types of biohazards that can come in to contact with our day to day items

   3.
   What are three things you will never forget?

   1. I will never get to carefully go through blood spill procedure

   2. double bagging

   3. Have the client clean their own blood spill.

   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?

   1. Use NZ govt websites for the research activity to get relevant info

   1. 

      Penny

      7 Jul 2020 Reply

      Great tip there at the end!

7. 

   Becs

   12 Jul 2020 Reply

   1. What a biohazard is
   2. The spread of viral infections through droplets by sneezing, coughing or just by talking.
   3. The three entry points for microorganisms to enter e.g respiratory, broken skin/bloodstream and swallowing.

   1. understanding the risks between salon worker and client
   2. The steps to prevent exposure.
   3. Being careful of whats on my workspace to possibly the exposure of biohazards.

   1. Lower risk of infection, if infected blood comes into contact with skin that is already broken due to a health condition.
   2. Hepatitis B is most likely to be spread through the blood.
   3. The harmful effects biological hazards have to human health e.g Infections, allergies and poison.

   1. Sanitisation/disinfection and GLOVES!
   2. Treating and bodily fluids or blood contact as potentially infectious.
   3. Blood spill procedure

   Note Taking is still my biggest friend!

   1. 

      Penny

      12 Jul 2020 Reply

      Haha please tell me you’ve got the highlighters out too? From a fellow note taker 🙂

8. 

   Natalie Bidois

   18 Jul 2020 Reply

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?
   1.the biohazards research activity
   2. what is biohazard
   3. the routes of entry for microorganisms into our bodies
   What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
   1. The steps to prevent exposure, getting a routine of these steps as well as ensuring disinfection and sanitisation is strictly followed to create good work habits.
   2.what you should do if exposed, prevention is better so the above item, should reduce or avoid having to act, if exposed in the salon.
   3. building a good relationship with your client, they might inform you they have a particular disease, but if you assume everyone has one, you can create and maintain preventative steps to keep yourself and your clients safe at all times.
   What are three things that really surprised you?
   1. the harmful affects to human health by biological hazards
   2. the highest risk of an infection being passed on
   3.how quickly you could be exposed and at risk, prevention is key
   What are three things you will never forget?
   1. steps to take if there is a blood spill during a service on a client
   2. the highest risk of an infection being passed on is through broken skin
   3. if you have an open cut, wear a bandage and a glove to prevent any contact with blood
   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?
   1.do the activities and quizzes they are very helpful

   1. 

      Penny

      19 Jul 2020 Reply

      I loved this bit in particular –

      “Building a good relationship with your client, they might inform you they have a particular disease, but if you assume everyone has one, you can create and maintain preventative steps to keep yourself and your clients safe at all times”

9. 

   Tessa Wilson

   20 Jul 2020 Reply

   What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?
   1. My Blood spill drill!
   2. Learning the risks of Bio hazards
   3. Planning how I will deal with these situations in my own salon.
   What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
   1. Revising the nail disorders again, So I can identify all of them immediately if needed.
   2. Knowing when to refer the client to a doctor and how I can do it in a way to make them comfortable.
   3. Remembering to dispose of single use products if they come into contact with blood or fluids.
   What are three things that really surprised you?
   1. How harmful these bio hazards can be!
   2. How cautious you need to be at all times!
   3. Hep B being the highest risk
   What are three things you will never forget?
   1. Blood spill drill steps!
   2. Always sanitize and disinfect my non porous tools
   3. PPE gear
   What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?
   1. Always be super super cautious!

   1. 

      Penny

      21 Jul 2020 Reply

      ‘and how I can do it in a way to make them comfortable’ – love this!

10. 

    shanel karepa

    27 Jul 2020 Reply

    What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?

    1. Blood spill drill

    2. Think about what i do in my salon now

    3. Clean, PPE

    What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
    1. Learning about biohazards and have them locked in to memory and the clean up proceedure

    2.

    3.

    What are three things that really surprised you?

    1. Hep B is highest risk

    2. HIV is lowest risk

    3. You can still work on someone with HIV

    What are three things you will never forget?

    1. You can still work on someone with HIV

    2. Blood Spill Proceedure

    3. Highest to lowest risks

    What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?

    1. Learn this twice, its very interesting

    1. 

       Penny

       28 Jul 2020 Reply

       Awesome 🙂

11. 

    Lucy Stilring

    31 Jul 2020 Reply

    hat are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?

    1. what to do to avoid exposure

    2. Thinking about steps I can put in place for my own salon to avoid biohazards

    3. Good notes for what to do in a blood spill

    What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
    1. look at first aid course with st johns, especially as my Salon will be semi rural

    2. cementing in my head what is porous and non porous! some reason I keep getting these the wrong way around!

    3. making sure I have some flash cards for blood spill ect so I don’t get flustered and miss a step.

    What are three things that really surprised you?

    1. HEP B risk
    2. general bio hazard risk

    3. be super careful with any broken skin

    What are three things you will never forget?

    1. Blood spill – although I’m going to make a flash card to have in my draw jUST incase

    2. How important sanitising and disinfecting is

    3. Client to dress their own wound

    What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?

    1. Think about how you will use the stuff you have learnt in your day to day life as a nail tech, your set up. Take lots of notes as this is something im sure ill be referring back to as I become a nail tech!

    1. 

       Penny

       31 Jul 2020 Reply

       Flash Cards for blood spill is a great idea!

12. 

    NickiLysaght

    31 Jul 2020 Reply

    What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?

    1. Researching the biohazards activity. I use to work in specimen reception at the medical lab so this has helped me a lot with this whole module on biohazards.

    2. The quiz there super fun, and they make you think about what you have just revised with Penny through the video lessons

    3. Learning about the biological sunstance – and the off sets that occur, like respiratory system, Bodily fluids and swallowing.

    What are three things you really need to continue to work on?
    1. Trying to improve ways of learning so as to retain all the information, preparing for the exam.

    2. Maintaining a good work system, believing that everyone is contagious so as to protect yourself and your clients.

    3. Remembering the blood spill protocols. Also building a relationship with your clients and they may tell you they have a blood disorder if any cuts or grazes were going to happen.

    What are three things that really surprised you?

    1. That HIV is low risk.

    2. That HEP B is high risk. I’m actually an embalmer and its the HEP C that we get worried about as with HEP C it can live on hard services for 14 days before dying so the risk of contracting this off hard services is paramount for cleaning – disinfection after every use thoroughly.

    3. Contracting all of these is quite scary when you think how on earth when your a nail tech, but certainly has changed me as can come across these situations in everyday life.

    What are three things you will never forget?

    1. To completely disinfect every service in my salon.

    2. To protect myself and my clients, being careful around any skin lesions the client or myself may have.

    3. For the Client to look after there own wound and not to try dive in there and fix it for them, and that it is a big deal but to calmly deal with the situation like it is second nature.

    What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?

    1. I’ve taken pages of notes from the video lesson, and revision also getting family to test you on the questions.

    1. 

       Penny

       3 Aug 2020 Reply

       Working in a lab is cheating! 😉 😉 😉

13. 

    Georgia Hageman

    1 Aug 2020 Reply

    What are three things you’ve absolutely nailed in this Module?

    1. Blood spill procedure, and what to do if I’m exposed to potentially infectious substance.

    2. What a Biohazard is, and examples of that.

    3. Treating/acting every client as though they have HIV to minimise risk as much as possible

    What are three things you really need to continue to work on?

    1. To internally stay calm if someone discloses that they have an infectious disease, and trust that if I follow my strict health and safety procedures the risk is little to none.

    2. Explain to my clients why I’d be wearing PPE to ease their mind.

    3.

    What are three things that really surprised you?

    1. How easily biohazards are transfered, and that they are basically everywhere.

    2. To completely sanitise and disinfect all surfaces between each and every client.

    3.

    What are three things you will never forget?

    1. Blood spill procedure

    2. To completely sanitise and disinfect all surfaces between each and every client

    3. Myself and my client to wash hands before procedure, and briefly walk them through my health and safety procedures to assure them the cleanliness and strict routine of my salon.

    What advice would you give to a newbie starting this Module?

    1. Flash cards, notes, write down questions of what you have learnt so far and get family/friends to test you.

    1. 

       Penny

       3 Aug 2020 Reply

       Perfect 🙂

       1. 

          Dee

          13 Aug 2020 Reply

          How are the questions copied? I’ve tried on mobile and laptop and it isn’t happening, thanks penny

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             Penny

             14 Aug 2020 Reply

             On a laptop, highlight them, hold Ctrl and C at the same time, go to the Comment space, click into it and hold Ctrl + V at the same time. On a mobile, hold down on a word, click Select All and then Copy, then click in the COmment space and hold down, then click Paste.