LIST OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION CURRENT AT 11 MARCH 2014 FOR WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERPRISE‚ TRADE AND INVESTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE OR PARTLY RESPONSIBLE All Statutory Rules should be available for purchase from The Stationery Office (TSO) via their customer service website www.tsoshop.co.uk or phone 0870 600 5522. Statutory Rules from 1996 onwards (and a few from 1991 to 1995 indicated in the list by an asterisk*) are also available to download on the Legislation.gov.uk Website. Clicking
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head: Preventing Medication Errors Preventing Medication Errors: Safe Medication Use is Achievable and Affordable Chareese W. Brown DePaul University HTHC 523-201: Winter 2012 January 17‚ 2012 Almost everyone will take prescription and non-prescription medication. It is estimated that 82% of United States (U.S.) adults will use prescription medicines‚ over-the-counter remedies‚ and/or dietary/herbal supplements. Nearly one-third will use five or more different medications (citation). Most
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A policy is goals or rules that should be followed by an organization to deal with problems. When making or constructing policies there are certain steps that need to be taken into consideration before implementing it. Such as: 1. Agenda Building 2. Formulation 3. Adoption 4. Implementation 5. Evaluation 6. Termination The study of policy making is important because if certain steps are missed within the policy‚ then implementing the policy will not be effective. Policy making is important
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What is Legislation? A set of rules and regulations with which a business has to comply. Main reasons for legislation are to: Regulate the rights and duties of people carrying out business in order to ensure fairness Protect people dealing with business from harm caused by defective services Ensure the treatment of employees is fair and un- discriminatory Protect investors‚ creditors and consumers Regulate dealings between business and its suppliers It is important to recognise the main legislations
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or being unable to “perform” sexually‚ America has become a pill-popping nation. Last year‚ researchers from Mayo Clinic (a non-profit medical and research center) found that nearly 70 percent of Americans were on at least one prescription drug‚ and 20 percent of them were taking more than five prescriptions at once (“Public Citizen”). There is no doubt that for many people‚ prescriptions are beneficial and even lifesaving in some cases‚ but hundreds of millions of these prescriptions are either
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employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible‚ use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). Salary Contract start date Job Title Names of the parties – The employers name and the employees name 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. Health and Safety Data
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CHAPTER 13 SHORT-RUN DECISION MAKING: RELEVaNT COSTING 1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Tactical decisions are short run in nature; they involve choosing among alternatives with an immediate or limited end in view. Strategic decisions involve selecting strategies that yield a long-term competitive advantage. 2. Depreciation is an allocation of a sunk cost. This cost is a past cost and will never differ across alternatives. 3. The salary of the supervisor of an assembly line with excess capacity
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EXERCISE 2 My involvement in the drug error is as follows. I was working on the night shift as the only qualified nurse with 2 nursing assistants. The late shift decided to administer the 10pm medications as a way of helping me. This however was key in me making the error that I did. If I had been left to do the 10pm medications by myself‚ this error would not have occurred. Patient PF was given her medication by the late staff‚ however she had spat them out. On going to give her these
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Outline guidelines‚ procedures and codes of practice relevant to personal work When doing my work‚ there are procedures that need to be followed such as‚ answering the telephone‚ making phone calls‚ dealing with incoming and outgoing mail. All of these procedures‚ guidelines and codes of practice are in my job description which is easy for me to access. Explain the purpose of planning work‚ and being accountable to others for own work Planning my work is essential in making sure I complete all
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1 – Know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible‚ use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). a. Employer’s Name b. Employee’s Name c. Date of Commencement d. Main place of work 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. a. Health and Safety b. Data Protection
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