Event Safety Generic Risk assessment This example event risk assessment is for a small music festival held on a green field site for up to a maximum of 4000 attendees. Event Name Date of Assessment Version Review Date Assessment carried out by What are the hazards? Who might be harmed and how? What are you doing already? What further action is necessary? Action by who? Action by when? Done Workplace transport Workers and others risk serious‚ possibly fatal‚ injuries if struck by
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P2 Outline how key legislation‚ policies and procedures in relation to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care delivery Legislation Legislation is defined as the processor act of making law or a set of laws by the governing body of the country. They are set in place in every work setting to ensure the health and safety of the people within the area. Without these laws there would be many accidents that could harm both the employee and employer. Safety (General food hygiene)
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Food hygiene legislation 2006 requires that the food producer and handler are well trained in respect to food safety. It was established to treat food intended for human consumption in a controlled and managed way. The key requirements of the legislation are that food must comply within food safety requirements and should be appropriately labelled. Nurses must know about food and safety to have a job in clinical practice‚ as patients would not want food that would causes harm. For example in a hospital
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When Food Kills Nicholas Kristof An outbreak causing the death of 31 people in Europe is causing wide speculation of the agriculture industry. The outbreak‚ caused by E. coli‚ supposabley arose from bean sprouts grown in an organic farm in Germany. All over the world food-borne illnessess are hopstitalizing and even killing people. Just in the United states 325‚000 people are hospitalized and 5‚ooo die every year because of the wide spread of food-borne illnessess. Farmers all over the
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In late 2015‚ two outbreaks appeared in America. In the first‚ larger outbreak‚ 55 people infected with Escherichia coli O26 (STEC O26). 55 people are from 11states. 21 ill people were hospitalized. In the second outbreak‚ 5 people from 2 states infected with STEC O26 and 1 people was hospitalized (CDC‚ 2016). FDA along with CDC and local public health official investigated two outbreaks and found that most of the victims ate Chipotle Mexican Grill before. They think two outbreaks may relate to Chipotle
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Week 7 Assignment- Foodborne Illness Short Answer Questions Write a 125- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: Staphylococcus What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. A) Staphylococcus aureus bacteria‚ also called “staph”‚ cause the infectious agent (pathogen) MRSA. MRSA or “mercer” stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. This strain of staph is resistant to
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Diseases of melon ( Cucumis melo ) in Arizona Alternaria leaf spot Alternaria leaf spot is caused by the fungus Alternaria. The fungus produces dark‚ multicelled spores on host tissue only when there is substantial moisture‚ usually during summer rains. The spores are easily carried in wind and splashing water and infect only the leaves. Brown necrotic spots appear on the leaves wherever spores germinate and infect leaf tissue (photo 1). Spots are small at first then may enlarge and coalesce to
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Pest and diseases and control measures Introduction Since man started to live on agriculture‚ he has to involve in a constant struggle to protect crops from other animal and adverse environmental conditions. In order to get a maximum crop production and profit from the cultivation farmer has to pay a special attention and bare an additional cost for crop protection even today. Crop protection has become even more important due to the introduction of high yielding crop species. Pest and diseases
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entering the body and 2) eliminating them before it can harm the hosts’ bodies. The immune system is a way to protect the body and allows you to have a chance fighting against the diseases. The immune system has three lines of defense against foreign pathogens: First line of defense‚ Second line of defense and Third line of defense.
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TAQ1 Definition of Pathogen and research into the main features of bacteria‚ protozoa‚ fungi and viruses. Pathogens‚ or infectious agents‚ are microorganisms that cause disease or illness to their host. There are divided into four groups; bacteria‚ protozoa‚ fungi and viruses. The term pathogen most often describes an organism that disrupts the normal physiology of a plant or animal. In identifying a pathogen it is important to determine the properties that ‘contribute to its infectious
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