NDIS Practice Standards
Core module: support provision environment
core-27.1 Waste: storage, handling and disposal of waste and hazardous substances
Clause and reference core-27.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Policies, procedures and practices cover safe and appropriate storage, handling and disposal of waste and infectious or hazardous substances, including used PPE, and each complies with current legislation and local health district requirements.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Waste management policy covering clinical waste, sharps and used PPE
- Sharps container supply and disposal records
- Hazardous substances register and safety data sheets
- Clinical waste collection contracts
What assessors commonly find
- Sharps disposed of in household waste
- Policy not aligned with local health district requirements
What evidence do I need?
For core-27.1 Waste: storage, handling and disposal of waste and hazardous substances, the evidence to bring is: Waste management policy covering clinical waste, sharps and used PPE. It sits under Core module: support provision environment and our reference for it is core-27.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me waste management policy covering clinical waste, sharps and used PPE, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading