Unit 208 Understanding Health And Safety

How legislation, policies and procedures relate to health, safety and security in a health and social care setting and how legislation, policies and procedures promote safety of individuals in a health and social care setting.

This could be after changing a nappy, going to the toilet or playing outside. This risk can be minimised by making sure everyone washes their hands before eating and before, during and after preparing meals. Also, ensure that all equipment is clean and in good condition as this can also cause contamination if dealing with raw and cooked foods.

It is vital because they have to make sure they keep the public safe and by having a trained first aider on hand it helps them feel safe in the knowledge they have someone to help before an ambulance arrives.

Every business must have a risk assessment in the salon to abide with health and safety regulations, which is required by the law. By doing this the manager or owner must control and assess the risks in the workplace. You need to consider what might cause harm to people and decide whether you

If a social worker has had first aid training, it would contribute to providing a positive experience for users of social care services, as they would be the first port of call in an accident or emergency. The service user would not need to wait on a paramedic or an ambulance to be looked at, they would be seen as and when the accident happened. It would also make the service user feel safe in your care as they will feel better knowing that if an accident does occur, you are there and easy to call upon.

This covers issues including the provision of appropriate first aid equipment, and the appropriate number of first aiders.

Outcome 1 – Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety in the work setting

The school aims to have at least 4 members of staff who have all attended a 3 day first aid course and where possible to have all other members of staff attend a 1 day training. First aid should be carried out when necessary by a qualified first aider but it should not prevent someone helping if the situation requires. A list of first aiders is situated around the school in places such as first aid room and staff room. It states that all members of staff including supply need to know who the first aiders are.

Understand own responsibilities, and responsibilities of others, relting to health and safety in the work setting.

A risk assessment is an important step in protecting residents and staff as well as complying with the law. The assessment helps focus on the risks that have the potential to cause harm and in this context, from the harm of acquiring an infection. In most instances, straightforward measures can readily control risks e.g. ensuring that clean and dirty linen are segregated to prevent cross contamination. The law does not expect that all risks will be eliminated, but requires that all steps that are reasonably practicable are taken to protect residents. The risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what could cause harm to residents in the workplace, including the risk of infection so that an assessment can be made on

3.3 Explain why it is important for emergency first aid tasks only to be carried out by qualified first aiders.

In addition to diligent hand washing and the consistent use of other Standard Precautions, which measure will help reduce the transmission of Hepatitis?

Hand hygiene is Performed after arriving at work, before leaving work, before and after each client contact, after removing gloves, when hands are soiled visibly, after excretion of body waste, before eating (urination and defecation), after contact with body fluids, and after handling contaminated equipment(Dewit,

HRMs can implement the following practice(s) and procedure(s) to reduce the risk of biological infection in the workplace.

Health and safety in the workplace are both important topics that need to be incorporated in the workplace environment so that all parties involved in a company are protected and secure. There are many objectives that have been discussed in this class that are essential to an employee’s general health and overall safety while performing job tasks and responsibilities. The following objectives have been chosen from one particular week of discussion, and they will be discussed in more detail. These objections include: assess when to investigate, what to investigate, and who should investigate accident investigations; describe workplace stress, its causes, and human reactions that may occur; describe preliminary and detailed hazard analysis; define workplace ethics and explain the guidelines for determining ethical behavior; and finally, identify workplace violence reduction strategies and explain them.