1.2. EXPLAIN HOW HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES PROTECT THOSE IN SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974‚ the employer‚ the employee‚ and where appropriate the service users I support have a responsibility to ensure safety is maintained in the workplace. There are two accident books in the organisation: one for service users and the other for members of staff. It is important to record each accident that happen to me or that I witness. The books are reviewed
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Fiber Optic Safety Rules 1) Keep all food and beverages out of the work area. If fiber particles are ingested they can cause internal hemorrhaging 2) Do not smoke while working with fiber optic systems. 3) Always wear safety glasses with side shields. Treat fiber optic splinters the same as you would glass splinters. 4) Never look directly into the end of fiber cables until you are positive that there is no light source at the other end. Use a fiber optic power meter to make certain the
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What is an occupational safety‚ health and environmental professional? To perform their professional functions‚ safety professionals must have education‚ training and experience in a common body of knowledge. Safety professionals need to have a fundamental knowledge of physics‚ chemistry‚ biology‚ physiology‚ statistics‚ mathematics‚ computer science‚ engineering mechanics‚ industrial processes‚ business‚ communication and psychology. Professional safety studies include industrial hygiene and toxicology
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Technological Institute of the Philippines 1338 Arlegui St.‚ Quiapo‚ Manila Compilation of Midterm Topics in Safety Management Submitted By: Buenavista‚ Ma. Theresa Y. Course / Section: / CpE42FA1 Submitted To: Engr. Palisoc February 14‚ 2014 I. Value Based Safety and Off-the Job Safety Value based safety is a positive‚ employee-driven system of safety observations‚ feedback‚ and problem-solving that is highly effective and extensively field-tested. Helps to ensure
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Summary The Safety Management System (SMS) at PNSC is very comprehensive and concise‚ which follows ISM-International Safety Management. ISM is more important than ISO 9001.ISM is also a basic requirement for establishing a shipping company. A shipping company can be severely penalized if it does not follow ISM. For safety of workers at PNSC‚ it has published manuals for everything concerned with shipping; even the schedule of specific duties on shores‚ on office or on the ship is mentioned in
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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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EUROCOntROl / FAA ACtIOn plAn 15 sAFEty Safety Culture in Air Traffic Management A White Paper December 2008 Safety Culture in air traffiC ManageMent a White Paper December 2008 EUROCONTROL / FAA ACTION PLAN 15 SAFETY 4 FOREWORD The EUROCONTROL / FAA Action Plan 15 on Safety Research is aimed at advancing Safety concepts and practices in Air Traffic Management‚ via the sharing of expertise from its membership. It has three main axes: understanding system safety‚ developing new approaches
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1. What is Safety Management System? Safety Management System (SMS) is the formal‚ top-down business approach to managing safety risk‚ which includes a systemic approach to handling safety‚ including the necessary organizational structures‚ accountabilities‚ policies and procedures. Safety Management Systems (SMSs) for product/service providers (certificate holders) and regulators will integrate modern safety risk management and safety assurance concepts into repeatable‚ proactive systems
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What is patient safety? Patient safety is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care (WHO 2004). These could include “errors”‚ “deviations “and “accidents “. Achieving patient safety involves the interaction of all the system components; never residing only in person‚ device‚ or department. It is the core of health care quality. According to the Joint Commission Patient Safety (2004 through 2011). Miscommunication was listed as one of the top contributing cause
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Digital Repository @ Iowa State University Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate College 2010 Three essays on food safety and foodborne illness Jing Liang Iowa State University‚ QsingL@hotmail.com Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Economics Commons Recommended Citation Liang‚ Jing‚ "Three essays on food safety and foodborne illness" (2010). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. Paper 11759. This Dissertation is brought to you for free
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