Unit 306 Promote and Implement Health and Safety in Health and Social Care * 1.3 Analyse the main health and safety responsibilities of * Self: As an employee I have a legal duty to take responsibility to care for my own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by what I do or don’t do. Also to co-operate with my employer with health and safety. To correctly use work items and equipment provided by my employer‚ which includes personal protective equipment‚ in accordance
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Sharps- In a hospital health and social care setting needles are frequently being used in lots of different places and lots of them are actually used. It’s important to have a place where these used needles can be stored which is why now after a needle has been used it’s put into a ‘sharps box’. If all the sharps are kept in the box then it reduced the possible harm to service providers and users such as if a person was to come into contact with a used needle they could hurt themselves because it
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Food Safety Risk Assessment of NSW Food Safety Schemes March 2009 NSW/FA/FI039/1212 Note: Parts of this document were revised in December 2012 following peer review. Contents Executive summary ........................................................................................................... 6 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 12 Dairy food safety scheme ......................
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How to minimize risk in a Care Home settings In this piece of work I will be explaining how legislation‚ policy and procedures minimize the risks of hazards in a care home. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Another potential hazard in the care home is equipment. Staff have to follow the rules and regulations on how to use the equipment correctly‚ to prevent harm to themselves and patients. Employees must take responsibility for the care of their own and others health and safety‚ they should
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Promoting the health‚ safety and wellbeing of children in schools is an important part of whole child education. For success‚ health‚ safety and wellbeing promotion should be integrated into the school system. Successful integration‚ requires important conditions that encourage commitment‚ consistency‚ sustainability and accountability of programs. These conditions are discussed below: Condition One: School head must take up the role of an active‚ engaged and supportive leader of the integration
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the concept of risk in mental health policy and practice represent a problem for mental health service users/ survivors. With the closing of the large intuitions in the early 1990s and the rise of smaller units being set up within communities‚ the policy change ideology was for individuals who have a mental illness to live independent lives‚ and to learn skills to function within society. It was deemed that these vulnerable individual’s faced more risk from staff than what small risk they posed to
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Question 1 The first statement is correct as lead is a highly intoxicated substance that can cause damage‚ especially in young children. There are many symptoms to lead poisoning which include: irritability‚ loss of appetite and nausea‚ headaches‚ unexplained abdominal pain‚ muscle aches‚ constipation‚ learning problems‚ short attention span‚ easily distracted‚ mental retardation and behaviour problems including aggression and impulsivity. As seen in the statement “this is disturbing because it
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occupational health and safety practice requires the collaboration and participation of both employers and workers in health and safety programs such as the Four-Point Workplace Program and Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)‚ as well as involving the consideration of issues relating to the direct and indirect costs of injuries to an organization. The OSH Act of 1970 was established to provide guidelines and regulate laws to protect employers and employees in the workplace. The purpose of a safety and health
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Wesley Addison Unit: M3.23 Managing health and safety at work 1.1 Two pieces of legislation relating to health‚ safety and welfare at work‚ are: Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 This states that assessments (risk assessments) are made (responsibility of the employer) and put in place to identify all potential hazards/risks and highlight what actions and preventative measures are put in place to minimise the risk of harm to employees while in the place of work
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Health Risks of Tattoos My cousin Brad is covered in tattoos in every color from the top of his head to the top of his feet. Because he was not aware of his skin’s sensitivity to the ink; keloids formed‚ causing his tattoos to look as if they had been lifted off of his skin to form 2D structures. Due to his weight gain over the years‚ his tattoos look as if they had been stretched out across his body‚ forming elongated shapes and blurred images. However‚ most people found this fascinating and
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