Patient safety at risk after number of medication errors doubles in two years By Daniel Martin UPDATED: 08:33‚ 4 September 2009 * Comments (7) * Share * * * * Mistakes included giving patients the wrong dose of a drug or giving medicine to the wrong patient Patient safety is being put at risk because of medication errors which have more than doubled in two years‚ a report has shown. More than 86‚000 mistakes including drugs being given to the wrong
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Unit 3 health and safety Describe how key legislation in relation to health‚ safety and security influence health and social care delivery. Health and social care settings are covered by specific legislation and laws from the government to enable the care setting is operating the optimum way. Acts like the Health and safety at work act (1974) this act applies to all workplaces and it pull all the laws together so that all organisations were covered by the same legislation. However there are
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GENERAL CERTIFICATE (2011 specification) Assessor’s marking sheet IGC3 – THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION Date of practical application Course provider number 365 Student number Name of assessor. Gordon Fuller. Course provider name RCES (UK) LTD Student name Criteria Maximum marks available 1 Completion of observation sheets 1.1 Range and outline of hazards and consequences 15 1.2 Identification of suitable control measures and timescales
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CT301 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings        3.3 Reasons may include: To comply with health and safety legislation‚ To preserve life‚ To minimise the consequences of injury and illness‚ To treat injuries and illnesses effectively. 4.1 Routes of infection may include: Blood circulation‚ Digestive‚ Respiratory‚ Body fluids. 4.2 Own health or hygiene might pose a risk by e.g.: Causing a serious infection‚ Causing illness‚ Causing
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Occupational Safety and Health in Bangladesh Introduction The occupational health and safety service in Bangladesh is still in the developmental stage. Here the occupational health & safety refers mainly to needs of workers of industries or some manufacturing processes but does not completely cover all occupations of the country. The main laws related to occupational health & safety in this country is the Factory Act 1965 and the Factory Rule of 1979. There are a number of other laws and
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|P |K | |ELEMENT:1.2 | | | |Explain how health and safety is monitored and maintained and how people in the work setting are made aware of risks and | | | |hazards and encouraged to work safely. | | | |
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CYP Core 3.4 Support children and young people’s health and safety 1. Understand how to plan and provide environments and services that support children and young people’s health and safety. 1.3 Identify sources of current guidance for planning healthy and safe environments and services. As a childcare provider it is my responsibility for the safety of the children in my care. There are a number of legal and regulatory guidance to help protect children and adults in my setting. All staff
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Legislation that relates to general health and social care setting are the Health and Safety Act‚ The Management of Health and Safety Work Regulations‚ Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)‚ Manual Handling Operations Regulations‚ The Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)‚ Personal Protective Equipment Regulations (PPE). The main points of the health and safety policies and procedures identify significant risks in relations to the work place and
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Occupational Health and Safety Questions 1. (15 marks) The TLV for carbon monoxide is 35ppm. Define the terms TLV and ppm and calculate them for the following example: Answer: TVL = Term for airborne concentration of a substance‚ below which all workers are believed to be protected while exposed to it day after day for 8-hour periods. PPM = Concentration by volume of one part of a gas‚ or by weight of a liquid or solid‚ per million parts of air or liquid. A mechanic in
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Good morning to our teacher and my classmate. Today‚ i want to talk about the effects and cause of smoking. The health hazards of smoking is a well-known fact. In this world‚ we can know how bad it is‚ right? Everyone should know that smoking is terrible! Yes‚ smoking is really terrible‚ because it can harm human’s health. According to a new study‚ smoke a cigarette will make life shortened by 11 minutes the day pumping on a pack of twenty cigarettes‚ probably about when people reduce the life
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