Occupational Health Hazards in the Medical Field Kim Chastain AB TECH April 24‚ 2012 Abstract Medical personnel come into contact with a complex variety of deadly toxins. Contact comes from industrial cleaners‚ sterilization products‚ radiation‚ medications‚ and mercury. Side effects of these toxic materials are known to lead to a variety of cancers‚ miscarriages‚ asthma‚ birth defects and metabolic syndromes. Government agencies have been negligent in protecting healthcare workers from
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Contribute to Children and Young People’s Health and Safety Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting Health and safety policies and procedures help to provide a safe setting for children‚ parents‚ staff and volunteers. The policies and procedures will include: risk assessments‚ security‚ hygiene‚ fire emergency‚ first aid‚ sickness‚ accidents and incidents. Good quality care consists of taking steps to prevent illness and accidents‚ being prepared to deal with emergencies
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Support children and young people’s health and safety Outcome 1: Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety. 1.1 Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in your setting At the start of the day the children are made to line up in the school playground. When the whistle is blown at 8.55a.m the teachers will come onto the yard to collect their classes. The children are then in turn taken into the building. Some children will
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Health and safety P1 Identify key personnel involved on both the design and construction of the building project described within the assessment brief above‚ and outline their roles and responsibilities with regard to Health‚ Safety and Welfare DESIGN CONSTRUCTION Client Client Architect Contractor Structural engineer Sub contractors Civil engineer QS M&E engineer Employees QS Project manager Landscape architect Health and safety officer Health and Safety officer: • making
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HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORKPLACE Table of Contents TASK 1: 2 Reference Guide for Health and Social Care workplace: 2 Overview: 2 1.1 Reviews of systems‚ policies and procedures for communication: Health and Safety 2 1.2 Responsibilities in a specific health and social care: 4 1.2.1 Organizational Responsibilities: 4 1.2.2 Monitoring and evaluating process: 5 1.2.3 Inspecting the workplace: 5 1.2.4 Management Structure: 5 1.2.5 Representation: 6
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Explain how health and safety policies and practices are monitored and reviewed. Define the following: ❖ Health and Safety- According to World Health Organisation health was defined as ‘a state of complete psychic‚ mental and social well-being [which] does not merely consist of an absence of disease or infirmity’. The scope of health and safety includes protection of the worker’s well-being‚ social and psychological as well as physical. Social well-being may be affected by the organisation
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Health and Safety Always place your baby on his or her back to sleep‚ even for naps. This is the safest sleep position for a healthy baby to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Babies placed on their stomachs to sleep are much more likely to die of SIDS than babies placed on their backs to sleep. Beat the heat and sun Heat-related illness occurs when the body’s temperature control system is overloaded. Those at greatest risk for heat-related illness include infants and children
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STATEMENT Evidence no. 1 Evidence title Risk Assessment of new Power Bending Machine process Unit / LO.AC Statement Evidence reference 4/4.6 4/4.5 4/4.3 4/4.4 4/1.1 4//1.2 4/1.3 4/1.4 4/4.1 4/4.6 4/1.6 4/2.3 4/2.1 4/2.2 4/2.5 4/4.2 4/4.1 4/4.2 4/2.5
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2.1 Demonstrate how to identify potential hazards to the health‚ safety and security of children or young people‚ families and other visitors and colleagues. Food safety:- • Appropriate clothing-when handling food I wear latex gloves and apron and always tie my hair back • Washing hands-children are taught the importance of why washing hands needs to be done when handling food. • Food stock-at our school we have staff who are in charge of making sure the milk and fruit is in date and stored correctly
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Certificate unit worksheet Unit 208 – Understand health and safety in social care settings The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards UNIT 4222-208 1. List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting (1.1.1) 2. Describe the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with your employer (1.1.2) 3. Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of: (1.1.3) a) the social care
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