BTEC International Level 3 Health and Social Care

Unit 7: Unit 7 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 7 (Unit 7) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH13 criteria3 learning aims

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

7 criteria

A.P1Explain the causes of different infections and the diseases that can result from them.

A.P2Explain how these diseases can be transmitted and contracted.

B.P3Demonstrate the correct use of standard procedures to prevent infection in a health or social care setting.

B.P4Demonstrate correct decontamination techniques in a health or social care setting.

B.P5Review how successfully use of own techniques prevented and controlled infection.

C.P6Explain how organisational policies and procedures apply legislation to prevent the transmission of different infections in a named health or social care organisation.

C.P7Discuss the roles and responsibilities of different health and social care workers in preventing and controlling infection in a named health or social care organisation.

Merit

3 criteria

A.M1Assess how the transmission and contraction of infectious diseases can be influenced by different factors.

B.M2Demonstrate the correct use of procedures to prevent and control infection, adapting them for different situations.

C.M3Analyse how, by implementing and following infection control policies and procedures, the health or social care organisation and workers help to prevent the transmission of infection.

Distinction

3 criteria

A.D1Analyse potential ways in which infections are caused, transmitted and disease is contracted.

B.D2Justify the procedures and techniques selected and adapted to prevent and control infection with reference to the different situations.

C.D3Evaluate how procedures and workers’ roles and responsibilities in a named health or social care organisation successfully prevent and control the transmission of infection.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainDemonstrateReviewDiscussAssessAnalyseJustifyEvaluate

Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

A. Understand the causes of infections and transmission of infection
B. Explore how to prevent and control the transmission of infection in health and social care settings
C. Investigate the roles and responsibilities of health and social care organisations and workers in preventing and controlling infections.

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Verification & Quality Tools for Unit 7

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