generally is responsible for the health and safety of staff in the work environment. AC2.1 – Outline current legislation and regulatory body standards which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations The Food Safety Act The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Reporting of Injury‚ Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) There are regulatory bodies such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
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(II) During my role as health care assistant in the care home setting where I work I spent a considerable amount of time on a one to one basis as a key worker with a particular resident. For the purpose of this reflective account the resident shall be referred to as Mrs S. Mrs S had vascular dementia as her dementia progressed her challenging behaviours increased. Mrs S spent a great deal of her day walking around the care home. On good days this was not an issue. However on days that were
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This assignment will describe how legislation‚ policies and procedures are used to promote the safety of individuals in a health and social care setting. Data protection act 1998 By holding data of the students and the staff at Portland College‚ this act is very important to keeping the individuals’ information safe and secure. At Portland College there are many ways in which the college have their student’s details‚ such as written on paper‚ stored on databases on the computer and also in records
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Outcome 1 1. Diversity-means acknowledging that people can be different because of their culture‚ race‚ disability. Equality-means equal rights for people regardless of what factors they might have that are different. Equality states that because they are human they must be equal/ Inclusion-is bases upon the idea of allowing everyone equal access to a service regardless of gender‚ disability‚ religions ETC. Discrimination-treating a person or group less favourably than another in the
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UNDERTAKE AGREED PRESSURE AREA CARE 1.1 Pressure sores also known as pressure ulcers are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue‚ they appear when an area is under too much pressure for long periods of time‚ due to this pressure the blood flow id disrupted‚ and the area doesnt get irrigated‚ therefore the nutrients and oxygen do not reach the skin cells‚ the skin then breaks and the pressure ulcers form. Epidermis - is waterproof has no blood supply(avascular)‚ the epidermis is constantly
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assessment is a plan put in place to reduce the risk of harm occurring‚ it aims to identify potential risks to the health‚ safety or security of a care practitioner. Risk assessments have to be held under the health and safety at work act and Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999. It is a lawful document and if not carried out care organisations can face prosecution. The HSE (health and safety executive) can request risk assessments at any time to make sure they are being done and are up to
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planning possible both in terms of the staffing levels and the skill base of a staff team. Service Users get used to regular staff members and if they have to change half way through their care‚ then that can affect their improvement and can be very upsetting for the Service User. I work in mental health and if my clients have to change their support worker then they clamp up because they feel they have to relive their life time experiences all over again and this makes them feel that they just
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While the field of health care is primarily led by knowledge and health sciences‚ it is also is guided by ethics. These sets of moral principles help the professionals make justifiable decisions about patient care may it be about treatment or procedures. Ethics in health care are influenced by many different factors‚ including our sense of what is moral and what is immoral.. Ethics are important because It creates a safer environment for all. For example‚ if a nurse realizes that a co-worker is abusing
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our duties and obligations as moral agents. Health ethics is the interdisciplinary field of study and practice that seeks specifically to understand the values undergirding decisions and actions in health care‚ health research and health policy‚ and to provide guidance for action when these values conflict. It is distinguishable from the narrower medical ethics‚ which is concerned with ethical issues that arise in the clinical context related to the care of specific patients‚ as well as the broader
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In this section I will demonstrate: 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
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