Example: identify, separate and maintain clean and contaminated zones

Sterile sheets folded and piled togetherMarnie is an aged care worker. She is required to replace linen and towels in clients’ rooms. She goes to the linen store (a clean area), where she collects the newly laundered towels and linen from the labelled pile. She then goes into each room, where she replaces the bedding and then the towels, and places the used items into the labelled storage bins (contaminated area).

Marnie demonstrates best practice by starting at the most clean area, the linen store, before moving to the next most clean area, the bedroom, then finishing in the bathroom, the least clean area.