CT301 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings        3.3 Reasons may include: To comply with health and safety legislation‚ To preserve life‚ To minimise the consequences of injury and illness‚ To treat injuries and illnesses effectively. 4.1 Routes of infection may include: Blood circulation‚ Digestive‚ Respiratory‚ Body fluids. 4.2 Own health or hygiene might pose a risk by e.g.: Causing a serious infection‚ Causing illness‚ Causing
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SHP 3433 SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK DISCUSSION CASE 1 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT “Forget it! We are not going to train our employees in first aid. Emergencies notwithstanding‚ I don’t want a bunch of amateur doctors running around the company doing more harm than good.” Mary‚ safety director for Gulf Coast manufacturing‚ was getting nowhere trying to convince her boss that the company should have employees trained in first aid in the event of an emergency. “But John‚ we have had three hurricanes
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In 1970‚ the Occupational Safety and Health Act was established to prevent on the job hazards resulting in serious injuries including death (The OSH Act‚ Standards‚ and Liability‚ 2010). The law requires “employers to provide their employees with working conditions that are free of known dangers” (Occupational Safety & Health Administration‚ n.d.). This week case study discusses the work environment of an employee that worked at a car dealership by the name of Joe Peterson. Joe was an older man that
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Legislation that relates to general health and social care setting are the Health and Safety Act‚ The Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations‚ The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)‚ Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE). The main points of the health and safety policies and procedures identify significant risks in relations to the work place and
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OHS101S/101/0/2012 Tutorial letter 101/0/2012 Occupational Health and Safety Law (OHS101S) Year module Department of Mercantile Law This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction and welcome .............................................................................................. 3 Purpose and outcomes of the module ........................................................................... 4 Lecturer and
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Introduction In this report I will be conducting a safety inspection on my study area at home. I have identified six hazards and filled out an inspection checklist aswell as a table explaining the hazard‚ the risk‚ any recommendations‚ timeframe‚ records‚ monitoring and measuring and training. I conducted this inspection on the seventh of June 2010. 2. Brief overview of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is an important consideration for all Australians
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measures to control Safety and Health issues at site. Elimination > Substitution > Isolation > Engineering controls > Administrative control > Personal Protective Equipment. Elimination is the most effective way to control hazards at work site. Substitution is replacing something that produces a hazard (similar to elimination) with something that does not produce a hazard Isolation is to perform an activity at a designated place which is not exposing to workers‚ public and environment. Engineering Controls
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St. Patrick’s College London HND Health and Social Care Management HEALTH AND SAFETY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORKPLACE John Egharevba This essay is about how health and safety is applied in health and social care in order to protect everyone in health and social care environment‚ and it will also examine the importance of health and safety policy and risk assessment in workplace. Health and Safety at work etc Act 1974 is concern with maintaining
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Management of Health and Safety Element 2 Setting Health & Safety Policy 1. (a) Outline the general content of the THREE sections of a health and safety policy. (6) (b) Explain why the health and safety policy should be signed by the most senior person in an organization‚ such as a Managing Director or Chief Executive· Officer. (2) Answer (a) The three sections of a policy are the ’statement of intent’‚ which both demonstrates management’s commitment to health and safety and sets goals
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Most employees lack a culture of caring. Where health and safety regulations are concerned‚ most of them think of the repercussions of these laws rather than looking at it from a different perspective. This has affected many people in the organisation mentally and emotionally and a negative culture can undermine the viability of the best projects‚ strategies and services proposed to improve the workforce. They are affected mentally because they spend most of their time worrying how much they are
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