Nvq Level 3 Unit 3 Questions And Answers
Reanna Gallagher
BMC121336065
Sara Dudley
Unit 3: Health, Safety and Security
‘Carry out a risk assessment in a health and social care setting. Assess hazards and make recommendations to minimise risks.’
Hospital
Activity
Hazard
Likelihood
Severity
Controls.
How can these hazards be avoided
Cooking/ food preparation
Someone could cut themselves whilst cutting veg.
2
1
To avoid injuries all staff should be properly trained on how to use the equipment appropriately and how to deal with an injury. All patients’ allergies should be on record for kitchen staff to check and there should be hand wash stations and hand sanitizer provided.
Bacteria could spread easier if there is a poor quality of sanitation.
3
4
Food allergies.
1
4/5
Physical exercise class …show more content…
Each patients’ amount of exercise done should be recorded to ensure they aren’t doing too much and over working themselves. Also, the exercise should be easy enough for each patient to participate to ensure fewer injuries.
Too much exercise could cause an increase in heart rate and/or blood pressure
1
5
Back pain could occur if exercise is too harsh or they haven’t warmed up.
2
3
Visiting times
Poor sanitation could increase the risk of bacteria spread causing infections and diseases.
2
4/5
Hand sanitizers and was stations should be around the hospital to ensure all visitors clean their hands to decrease the risk of infections spreading. Security should also be ensure during all visiting hours to ensure all visitors are welcome and accounted for, and CCTV should be in place to look back on if incidents occur and to keep an eye one all patients and visitors.
Lack of security could mean anyone could get in or out of the hospital without consent.
1
4/5
Damage to the property if there are too many visitors are once.
1
1
Dispensing of medicines
Prescribing a patient with the wrong dosage.
2
BMC121336065
Sara Dudley
Unit 3: Health, Safety and Security
‘Carry out a risk assessment in a health and social care setting. Assess hazards and make recommendations to minimise risks.’
Hospital
Activity
Hazard
Likelihood
Severity
Controls.
How can these hazards be avoided
Cooking/ food preparation
Someone could cut themselves whilst cutting veg.
2
1
To avoid injuries all staff should be properly trained on how to use the equipment appropriately and how to deal with an injury. All patients’ allergies should be on record for kitchen staff to check and there should be hand wash stations and hand sanitizer provided.
Bacteria could spread easier if there is a poor quality of sanitation.
3
4
Food allergies.
1
4/5
Physical exercise class …show more content…
Each patients’ amount of exercise done should be recorded to ensure they aren’t doing too much and over working themselves. Also, the exercise should be easy enough for each patient to participate to ensure fewer injuries.
Too much exercise could cause an increase in heart rate and/or blood pressure
1
5
Back pain could occur if exercise is too harsh or they haven’t warmed up.
2
3
Visiting times
Poor sanitation could increase the risk of bacteria spread causing infections and diseases.
2
4/5
Hand sanitizers and was stations should be around the hospital to ensure all visitors clean their hands to decrease the risk of infections spreading. Security should also be ensure during all visiting hours to ensure all visitors are welcome and accounted for, and CCTV should be in place to look back on if incidents occur and to keep an eye one all patients and visitors.
Lack of security could mean anyone could get in or out of the hospital without consent.
1
4/5
Damage to the property if there are too many visitors are once.
1
1
Dispensing of medicines
Prescribing a patient with the wrong dosage.
2