Health and Safety- Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care Task 1: A hazard is something that is considered to be dangerous and has the potential to harm an individual or others around them. A risk has two separate explanations‚ how likely it is for something dangerous to hurt an individual‚ and the severity of harm that it can inflict upon someone. Usually the severity and likelihood of a risk is dependent upon the age of the person as older people and younger people are the most vulnerable
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RECOMMENDED PRACTICE DNV-RP-E102 RECERTIFICATION OF BLOWOUT PREVENTERS AND WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT FOR THE US OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF JUNE 2010 DET NORSKE VERITAS FOREWORD DET NORSKE VERITAS (DNV) is an autonomous and independent foundation with the objectives of safeguarding life‚ property and the environment‚ at sea and onshore. DNV undertakes classification‚ certification‚ and other verification and consultancy services relating to quality of ships‚ offshore units and installations‚ and onshore
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Contents Food Safety as Determined by FSMA Laws and Regulations Food safety is a necessity everywhere. It starts from simple hygiene rules like washing of hands before eating and keeping the foodstuff under recommended temperatures. However‚ rising numbers of food poisoning and the subsequent food borne illnesses have made people keener on what they are eating and the sources of such foods. Every person is conscious of what gets into their stomach in terms of food right from the one
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Unit 29 Select and wear appropriate personal protective equipment for work in healthcare settings. LO1 - Understand legislation‚ local policy and protocol in relation to dressing for work in a healthcare setting. 1.1 When I am working in the hospital there are policies and procedures I have to make sure to follow. One of them is about our uniform which is called Trust Dress‚ Uniform and Appearance Policy. Our uniform should only be worn outside when escorting a patient and working in the community
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Storing food properly is an important part of controlling food safety hazards. Different types of foods need to be stored in different areas. For example‚ raw meat and poultry should be covered and stored on the bottom shelf of the fridge so that any blood or juice can’t drip onto food below. Chilled food needs to be kept in the fridge at a temperature of 5 degrees or below. Freezers need to be -18 degrees or colder and frozen foods must be kept in there at all times unless being prepared. Checking
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responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety in the work setting 1. Identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting. Legislations/codes of practice relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting are: The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; Riddor 1995‚ COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health); Manual Handling operations regulations 1992; Health And Safety (First aid regulations 1981); Fire protection
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young people’s health and safety Task (links to Learning outcomes 1 and 3‚ assessment criteria 1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚ 1.4 and 3.1) Describe how current health and safety legislation‚ policies and procedures are implemented in the setting Name of legislation Brief description of what this legislation is about What are the procedures for this in your setting? HESAW 1974 The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 This is a legislations that provides health and safety to all employees in the
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Assignment 2 Health and Safety Legislation‚ policies and procedures in Health and Social Care Report re: The Sunshine Care Home ( this is not a real care home) The care home is for residential care of older people. Everyone is assessed before they join the home. Everyone is over 65 years of age and single. The majority of residents are able to walk a short distance unaided by using a walking aid. Two residents are wheel chair users. The Management of Health and Safety At Work Act 1996 This
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Unit 4 Support Children and Young People’s Health and Safety 1. Describe the factors to take in account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services. Regarding EYFS the components of a safe environment include: Safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare - All practitioners should have an up-to-date understanding of safeguarding children issues and be able to implement the safeguarding children policy and procedure appropriately. Staff should be able to respond
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1.1 Describe the factors to take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services When planning health and safety for indoor and outdoor environments you need to know the age group and ability of each child you are planning for. For example if you are planning for children who are completely mobile the layout of the room/ outside space must be different to those who have just learnt to walk or are not mobile at all. In our setting we have separate rooms
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