Health and safety in health and social care 1.1 ‘The legislation relating to general health and safety in social care work settings: The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA) Food Safety Act 1990 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations (PPE) 1992 Manual Handling Operations Regulations
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration Matthew K. Robinson Harrison College First and foremost‚ the number one right workers have is a safe environment in which to work. These rights include any safety equipment necessary to perform your essential duties‚ access to any OSHA related citations that have been issued to your employer and a date in which to comply‚ the ability to notify your employer about any workplace hazards‚ and more (OSHA Workers’ Rights‚ 2014). The Occupational Safety and Health
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This discussion is on three significant practices that promote health and safety in early childhood centres. I will explain the role of an early childhood teacher identifying and implementing health and safety in the centre according to the Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood and Care Centre 2008. “When parents enroll their children in a program‚ they expect them to be safe” (Marotz‚ Cross & Rush‚ 2005‚ p 193). The early years of children comprise of major growth changes‚ these changes will
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS IN POWER SECTOR The power sector is prone to many accidents and mishaps due to the nature of the working conditions of the power generation plant. The following are the major health and safety concerns in the power sector: Exposure of workers and public to radioactive material Uncontrolled release of radioactive material leading to contamination and exposure off site. Conventional construction hazards and working near live equipment. Health problems such as respiratory
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nurses there‚ causing an uncomfortable environment and putting his safety and other safety on the line. I have always heard of patient abuse‚ patient neglect‚ patients being sexually abuse‚ etc.… but I have hardly ever heard about staff mistreatment from patients‚ patient’s family members‚ and other staff. In my first semester of nursing‚ I was taught to treat patients with courtesy‚ respect‚ and care and most importantly‚ their safety. But we were only taught once on ways to protect ourselves from
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that may make health‚ safety‚ and security more difficult to maintain. Most young children are usually interested them self and curious of what’s around them and usually do not really affect health and safety. But some children inherit characteristics that do affect characteristics that do affect health and safety these children are usually have short attention spans and often quite hyper. Below are explanation of some children characteristics that may affect health and safety. ADHD (Attention
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Explain potential hazards and harm that they may arise from each in a health and social care setting (P1) There are lots of hazards that may occur in health and social care settings‚ these hazards pose risks of harm that effect specific service user groups. The essay is based on a private residential care home for the elderly with dementia‚ these people have mobility issues and other health issues associated with old age‚ e.g. high blood pressure and diabetes. There are 20 residents with 8 permanent
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1. HOW MIGHT YOUR OWN VALUES IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND HYGEINE DIFFER FROM YOUR CLIENT’S AND HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH THIS? I will make the individual understand what their choices are and what might be the outcome. If they prefer something in their own way ‚i will have to deal with it and provide them the best. 2. WHAT CONFLITS MIGHT ARISE BETWEEN YOUR CLIENT CHOICE AND GOOD HYGEINE PRACTICES? The clients might not be willing to practice their personal hygiene because they might not be in
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I would love to join the Mu Alpha Theta/Math Society because I am passionate about numbers‚ equations‚ formulas & anything that has to do with math‚ I just love it. Since I enjoy math I know that I will succeed in the Math Society. I will see it as something I enjoy & look forward to. I am a very dedicated person‚ especially if it comes to something that I like‚ like math. I’m good with math‚ once I’ve learned and master the objective I’ll be able to solve it and maybe even find a short cut for the
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Gregory Prescott October 24‚ 2008 English 1200 Construction Workers Safety Issues Homes‚ Restaurants and the world around us are all made possible by our fellow construction workers. Construction is a high risk job dealing with many safety issues. The issues of safety can lead to serious injury or even death if precautions for eliminating these problems are not being used effectively. The safety problems deal with the equipment used‚ contamination and location problems. There are ways to lessen
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