1.2. EXPLAIN HOW HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES PROTECT THOSE IN SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974‚ the employer‚ the employee‚ and where appropriate the service users I support have a responsibility to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. There are two accident books in the organisation: one for service users and the other for members of staff. It is important to record each accident that happen to me or that I witness. The books are reviewed
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following in maintaining health and safety standards * Food act 2003 (NSW) This is that act of the NSW parliament that controls food prepared for sale in NSW. The role of this act is to continuously improve the food safety systems. All employees in the hospitality industry are responsible for making sure that they follow the rules and guidelines for maintaining high standards of food safety. The advantages of this food act is that it continuously aims to improve the food safety systems which shows
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I have chosen these responses safety‚ security‚ seeking help‚ serious injuries and alerting for help and have them in this order because they are in order of top priority to help the casualty who has been hit by a car outside the residential care home. I chose to have safety as top priority response as it is really important that the casualty and your safety is the number one priority in dealing with the accident if it is on a dangerous and busy road for example. I then chose to have security as
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5‚ 3/4‚ pp. 395-428. Egan‚ J (1998) Rethinking Construction. Department of the Environment‚ Transport and the Regions‚ http://www.construction.detr.gov.uk. Engineering News Record various issues in 1990 to 1999. Handy‚ C B (1985) Understanding Organizations‚ 3rd Edition. Penguin‚ Harmondsworth. Hill‚ R C and Bowen‚ P (1997) Sustainable construction: Principles and a framework for attainment. Construction Management and Economics‚ 15‚ 223-239. Hassan‚ T‚ Mitrovic‚ D‚ Gayoso‚ A and Hunter‚ I (1998)
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Malaria. It’s current purpose is public health protection‚ they also educate people so they can make important decisions regarding health‚ and provides knowledge on how to avoid how to avoid infectious diseases. In a nutshell‚ their main purpose is to educate the people of the US on how to improve their health. Just about everyone can benefit from this‚ since it’s main purpose is to help people know about personal health. Personally I believe this organization is very useful because nobody can be too
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1.1 Describe the factors to take in account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. According to me while planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services‚ there are various factors which should be taken into consideration. Most important is that before starting any learning activity‚ whether its indoor or outdoor we should always make sure that the environment is free of any hazards and that children will be able to work safely. As there
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CN3135 Process Safety Health and Environment Summary Notes References based on Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications (International Edition) 3rd Edition. Daniel A. Crowl‚ Joseph F. Louvar Tables and Figures are retrieved from the 2nd Edition Chapter 1: Introduction Safety or loss prevention: identification and elimination of hazards before accident occur Hazard: chemical or physical condition that has potential to cause damage to people‚ property and environment. Risk: measure of
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Numerous research has stated that marijuana could help people who are suffering from HIV/AIDS‚ Alzheimer’s‚ Arthritis‚ Cancer‚ Epilepsy‚ glaucoma‚ and chronic pain. Pain works when something from the physical world affects a sensory receptor and sends that information to the brain. Nociceptors are pain inducing sensory cells that are found all throughout the body. When someone who has HIV/AIDS‚ one of the common symptoms is peripheral neuropathy‚ or nerve damage. This damage is detected by the nociceptors
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April 2010 Revised 15 July 2010 Accepted 15 July 2010 Safety capital: the management of organizational knowledge on occupational health and safety ˜ Imanol Nunez and Mikel Villanueva ´ Departamento de Gestion de Empresas‚ Universidad Publica de Navarra‚ Pamplona‚ Spain Abstract Purpose – The concept of Safety Capital was developed by analyzing the creation and composition of the Intellectual Capital embedded in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) systems. The paper aims to address this relationship
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What is an occupational health and safety (OH&S) program? A health and safety program is a definite plan of action designed to prevent accidents and occupational diseases. Some form of a program is required under occupational health and safety legislation in most Canadian jurisdictions. A health and safety program must include the elements required by the health and safety legislation as a minimum. Because organizations differ‚ a program developed for one organization cannot necessarily be
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