* The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999. * The Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992. * Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992. * Healthcare Standards Act 2006 3.3 Describe local and organisational policies relevant to the prevention and control of infection The local and organisational policies relevant to the prevention and control of infection includes * To make the registration requirement for cleanliness and infection control clear to all registered providers so they
Health and Social Care Level 2 Unit: Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings. List legislation relating to general health and safety in a social care setting. The following legislation documents; acts; policies and procedures are relevant in a social care setting; Manual handling operations regulations 1992. Management of health and safety at work regulations 1999. Health and safety at work act 1974.
The employer is also responsible for the organisation of the workplace, ensuring that the risk of infection is minimised as much as possible. Outcome 2 1. There is a number of different legislation and regulatory bodies that are relevant prevention and control of diseases. ‘The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974’ and ‘Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1974’ are prevalent in all working environments, stipulating such thing as the employer being required to provide personal protective equipment and the employee being required to use it appropriately. One of the latest pieces of legislation to come into force is ‘The Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidelines’ this piece of legislation sets out the criteria that
Assessment This unit must be assessed in accordance with Skills for Care and Development's QCF Assessment Principles. Learning outcomes 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 must be assessed in a real work environment. 54 Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (4222-31) Unit 4222-306 Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care (HSC 037) Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety
Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Legislation relating to general health and safety includes Health and safety at work act, control of substances hazardous to health (coshh), manual handling and personal protective equipment regulations. 1.2 The procedures help protect those in social care settings by identifying risks correct procedure for reporting incidents and communicating health and safety. 1.3 Social care workers responsibilities include taking reasonable care for your own and others health and safety, report potential and actual hazards and risks, take part in health and safety training and understand and comply with health and safety instructions and procedures. Responsibilities of the manager or employer include to provide safe place to work, assess risks and take action to reduce them, to provide training, to provide welfare and first aid facilities. Responsibilities of others include to understand health and safety procedures to take responsible care for their own and others health and safety.
Presentation On Health And Safety In A Social Care Setting A list of the key legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting- * · Health and Safety at work Act 1974 * · Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 * · Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulation 1981 include amendment on 2009 * · The Electricity at Work regulations 1989 * · Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 * · Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 * · Communicable diseases and infection control * · Working Time Regulations 1998 * · Care Standard Act 2000 * · Control of exposure to Hazardous to Health 1999 * · Food Safety Act 1990 and Food Hygiene Regulations 2005. * · Environmental Protection Act 1990. ¬An explanation of how health and safety policies and procedures protect people using social care settings. All of the above mentioned legislations are crucial part of health and safety. Every piece of legislation describes not only clear guidance of responsibilities but also how should we maintain health and safety to eliminate risks for the people using social care settings.
Induction Day. Health and safety. Key legislations relating to health and safety in a social care setting. * Health and safety at work act 1974 * Management of health and safety at work regulation 1999 * Health and safety (first aid) regulation 1981 including the amendments on 2009 * Manual handling operations regulations 1992 * The electricity at work regulation 1992 * Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrence regulation 1995(RIDDOR) * Communicable diseases and infection control * Care standard act 2000 * The medicines act 1968 * Working time regulations 1998 * Food safety act 1990 and food hygiene regulations 2005 * Control of exposure to hazardous to health 1999 * Environmental protection act 1990 How do key legislations protect people who live here ? All of the above mentioned legislations are crucial part of health and safety.
IC01: The principles of infection prevention and control 1.1. Employees roles and responsibilities include personal, organisational and legal responsiblities; responsibilities to self, colleagues, employer, clients, visitors; responsiblities for acting to prevent spread of infection, review of practice; good personal hygiene; using PPE; managing blood and bodily fluids; proper use and handling of laundry; safe handling and disposal of clinical waste and sharps; thorough hand hygiene. 1.2. Employers responibilities include personal, organisational and legal responsiblities; responibilities to self, colleagues, employees, visitors, clients; responsibilities for establishing, maintaining and updating procedures, assessing risks, identifying and taking action on training needs; knowledge of relevant policies; monitoring/training staff, providing PPE and monitoring work environment. 2.1.
Also to provide personal protective equipment to all members of staff. 2. Understand legislation and policies relating to prevention and control of infections. 2.1 Outline current legislation and regulatory body standards which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection. • Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Management of Health and Safety at Work Act (amended 1994), • Health and Social Care Act 2008 • The Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984, • Food Safety Act 1990, • COSHH 2002, • RIDDOR 1995, • The Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulation 1988, • The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations (Department of Health 1995), • The Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991, • Health Protection Agency Bill, • Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005, • NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) Guideline 2 June
Riffat Khanum 09/01/14 Unit 8: Understand health and safety in social care settings 1 Understand the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings The Health and Safety at Work act 1974 is the main type of legislation that covers health and safety in social care settings. Under this Act, the workers have responsibilities to ensure safety is there in the workplace. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 covers all manual handling actions, such as lifting, carrying objects or pulling. Other regulations are Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 and this cover requirements for the provision of first aid in the workplace. The control of Substance Hazards to Health Regulations (COSHH).