Unsafe practices 2013 5 people died due to neglect. The main one being a nurse/carer gave the wrong dosage of warfarin to a resident which resulted in the lady being hospitalized and her MAR charts being falsified to hide the mistake‚ as the carers knew that if the hospital had seen the original MAR charts would have resulted in a CQC inspection and possibly the home being shut down. Nurses would shut door when residents were shouting for help. That resident could have been shouting for any number
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Unit 5 BA Level 2 LO1 Know how to recognise business problems and their causes 1.1 Outline ways of recognising when a business problem exists: Identifying potential problems in your business is a daily task. At whatever level or stage your business is in‚ vigilance in the following areas will improve your chance of continued success: cash flow clogs can be problematic if the cash isn’t flowing in fast enough; accounting enigmas and their paperwork can sometimes tie you up in knots: marketing
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Unsafe sex or unprotected sex describes sexual contact of any form that takes place in the absence of a condom normally used in preventing the risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV (Chambers‚ 2010). The World Health Organisation (2004) considers all the consequences that can arise from unsafe sex practice and came up with a broader definition stating that any sexual contact that can lead to unwanted pregnancy‚ abortion‚ infertility‚ unstable mental conditions and cancer arising from certain
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There are many unsafe practices what may affect the wellbeing of the individuals. Neglect is one of them. Someone can be neglected in many different ways. It can happen in relation to feeding‚ washing‚ toileting‚ dressing. The person will be malnourished‚ dirty. If someone’s washing or toileting is neglected it can cause many different infections. Inappropriate physical contact in relation to moving and handling: there are many ways of moving an individual what could cause more harm than help (some
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Know How To Recognise Signs of Abuse. 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical This can be defined as a physical injury which has been caused by actual bodily harm I.e hitting‚ biting‚ slapping. The abuse may leave markings which there are no reasonable explanations for. Sexual Defined as sexual acts both direct and nondirect contact. Sexual abuse varies from innuendo‚ harassment and indecent exposure to physical touching to penetration. Emotional/psychological
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Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care 1.1 – 1.3 Often abuse is a result of a wrong or improper use of position directed upon someone vulnerable; in a health and social care environment this could be the position of a carer towards an elderly person. There are many types of abuse‚ as demonstrated below: Physical Abuse is an act of physical harm with either the use of body parts or a weapon‚ this includes; * Hitting * Slapping * Pushing * Kicking
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Unit III Unsafe abortion Unsafe abortion is a persistent‚ preventable pandemic. WHO defines unsafe abortion as a procedure for terminating an unintended pregnancy either by individuals without the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimum medical standards‚ or both.1? References 1 World Health Organization. The prevention and management of unsafe abortion. Report of a Technical Working Group. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1992/WHO_MSM_92.5.pdf (accessed July 6
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Unsafe Driving Did you know about 6‚000 deaths and a half of a million injuries are caused by distracted drivers every year? Also about 5‚454 people were killed because of the use of a cell phone. The use of cell phone can cause reckless driving due to distractions‚ disruptive surrounding‚ and could increase the likelihood of an accident. There are many distractions while driving on the road‚ but the most dangerous distraction is talking on the phone with one hand on the wheel. This is why
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“UNSAFE DRINKING WATER” An adequate supply of safe drinking water is one of the major prerequisites for a healthy life‚ but waterborne disease is still a major cause of death in many parts of the world‚ particularly in children‚ and it is also a significant economic constraint in many subsistence economies. The basis on which drinking water safety is judged is national standards or international guidelines. The most important of these are the WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality. The quality
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December 2012 Unsafe by Racial Profiling In a society where all are striving for fairness and equality‚ the idea of “racial profiling” is abhorring to those with a strong sense of independence and freedom‚ embracing what the Constitution has given them from the time of its birth. All those under the United States’ flag were given the ultimate rights to walk and drive outside without worrying about who may question their actions. However‚ this “racial profiling”‚ this discriminatory practice in the face
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