Health and Safety. Introduction The quality of health and safety of the environment is greatly affected by the environment itself‚ never more so than in the health care setting‚ where patients and clients may be more vulnerable than in there own homes. Florence Nightangale suggested that patients in health care settings may be harmed just by being there. Health and Safety commission (1992) places a general duty on employers to ensure the health and safety of employees. Infection Control
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UNDERSTANDING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SOCIAL CARE SETTING You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You are to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following: Ai A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended 2002). Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 COSHH Reporting of injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
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Vocational Training Centre Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care Unit 4222-306 Workbook Candidate Signature Number Date Assessor Signature Number Date Outcome 1 - Understand own responsibilities and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety *Remember to refer to relevant legislation
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Unit 306 Understanding health and safety in social care settings Task A Presentation Health and safety at work act 1974 is the legislation or law which all company’s have to abide by‚ it can be put into two statements which are Employers responsibilities – it is the employers responsibility to ensure the safety and well- being of all the members of staff while at work and Employees responsibilities – it is the employees responsibilities to take care of themselves in the work place and to keep
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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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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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Contribute to health and safety in health and social care Level: 2 Credit value: 4 UAN: R/601/8922 Unit aim This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to carry out their work safely. 1Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety in the work setting 1.1 identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting Health and
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HEALTH AND SAFETY – OHS1 Health and safety is very important. In order to have a safer life we should be careful at every step that we take. Unfortunately it is not enough when only we are careful. Everyone around us should be careful as well for themselves and for the others. In that way everybody can have a better‚ healthier and safer life so nobody worries when they go outside. Health and safety is very important both in general and workplaces. In general‚ it is not possible to talk about a healthy
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CU2939 Develop Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies‚ Procedures and Practices in Health and Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings 1.1 Explain the legislative framework for health‚ safety and risk management in the work setting. Answer – The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the main piece of the health and safety legislation in Great Britain. It provides the legal framework to promote and encourage high standards in the workplace. The Act‚ when first introduced
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