Explain Why It Is Important To Report Unsafe Practices

Unsafe practices can occur when an individual is put at risk by a health care professional they have a duty of care towards. Unsafe practices are carried out when there is insufficient thought to the danger and harm it may cause to an individual. It is important to report unsafe practices to your employers. The organisation you work for will have a procedure to follow and the action to take to protect yourself and others. Procedures will be different in all organisations but all will have the same core elements such as, if safe to do so make the situation safe and identify unsafe areas with a hazard sign, report the situation as soon as possible to the person in charge and verbally to the senior in charge and written down in the record, incident