THE IMPORTANCE OF OHS & THE APPLICATION OF DUTY OF CARE IN WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ------------------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY All members of the workplace have a right to work free from risks‚ hazards and harm. It is the employer’s responsibility to provide a duty of care to all employees. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) plays an important role in an organisation and it is about providing safe workplaces to ensure that all people within an organisation
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must be completed by the learner where appropriate and included with the work submitted for assessment. Unit 3: Health‚ Safety and Security in Health and Social Care Course: BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care Learner Name Assessor Name: Fola Oyebola Internal Verifier: Jayne Boyns Lead IV Sampled? (Y/N) Pre-Issue IV Date: Assignment Title: Hazards in settings Assignment Ref: 3a Issue Date Week beginning 30/9/13 End Date: Week beginning 04/11/13 Actual Hand-in Date:
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Customer Satisfaction in Health Care Services Abstract The study was conducted to assess customer satisfaction at Aga Khan University Hospital. Pricing‚ facilities & professionalism were gauged and analyzed using a questionnaire survey method involving 101 customers. While the focus was convenience sampling‚ snow ball sampling was also used. The following were the results. Keywords: Health Care services‚ customer satisfaction Health care‚ Hospital service satisfaction
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accordance with their plan of care This unit is primarily concerned with those people who are most dependent upon your assistance. The level of assistance they need can vary from needing help to get out of a chair to being completely dependent on others to move them‚ to turn them over and to alter their position in any way‚ for example‚ if they are unconscious or paralysed. It is essential that people are moved and handled in a sensitive and safe way. This is also vital for you as a worker‚ to prevent
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the implications of duty of care. understanding the support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise. the knowledge to respond to complaints. The implications of duty of care. A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeable harm others. A definition from Wikipedia Examples how we do this in my setting.Within our setting we carry out daily checks to ensure
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takes precautions in checking that there is not any lead as some may contain lead based paint‚ a simple way of knowing if it does is to buy a test kit to determine if lead based paint is present. Question 2 For a baby and toddler unit I would consider: Indoor: * Non-breakable mirrors to learn to see themselves. * Wooden cars for improving gross motor skills. * Rattles to improve their movement. * Plastic telephones to practise their speech. * Simple puzzles to
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IGC1. Management of International Health and Safety Chapter1. Foundations in health and safety [Practice questions] 1. Explain‚ using an example in EACH case‚ the meaning of the following terms: (a)’hazard’; A hazard is the potential of a substance‚ person‚ activity or process to cause harm. Hazards take many forms including chemicals‚ electricity and working form a ladder. (b)’risk’; A risk is the likelihood of a substance‚ activity or process to cause harm and its resulting severity. Although
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better health care provider. It takes practice to do so. Things like problems and communication barriers aren’t going to be the same with everybody. You have to know how to handle different situations with different types of people. When it comes to health care and taking care of patients‚ you have to do your best in everything to try and help the patient. If there are communication barriers‚ you have to work around those‚ find a way to communicate. There are different ways to be a better health care
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he is allowed to do with in his certifications legally will allow him to take vitals‚ treat wounds‚ administer some injections under the supervision of physicians‚ and in a hospital setting monitor patients on catheters and oxygen provisions. Additionally‚ Jerry is a medical assistant and is a multi-skilled health care professional who assists with administrative‚ clerical‚ and technical support in relation to helping the physician. The scope of Jerry’s training is limited to all of the above mentioned
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requires you to submit a written piece of work covering all learning outcomes (LO1s‚ LO2s & LO3s) with a reflective account embedded in the context of work. Your submission of not more than 3000 words should include: Outcomes and assessment requirements Outcomes Assessment requirements On successful completion of this unit a learner will: To achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate the ability to: LO1. Understand how health and safety legislation is implemented in the health and social
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