Hair must be clean, tied back off the collar with a plain band when in clinical environment and scissors and other sharp or hard objects must not be carried outside breast pockets for safety reasons. 3. Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of: • Self – keeping store rooms and other areas clean and tidy and making sure patients are using the appropriate walking aids. Keeping up to date with mandatory competencies such as fire safety, first aid and equipments. • The employer or manager – To make sure that employees are up to date with mandatory health and safety training to improve the safety at work for themselves as well as patients.
The hospital or care home have to follow these guidelines and legislation because if they need to make sure the environment around them is safe and free from any danger that may cause harm to other patients. They have to follow rules which they have been assigned to such as make sure they always use hand sanitizer before dealing with patients and also keeping all the waste away from the patients and disposed properly. They promote safety around hospitals or nursing home by
* By co-operating with their employer’s efforts to meet safety obligations under the legislation. * By being aware, and taking care of their own safety and acting in a way that does not place other employees at risk of injury or illness. * By consulting with employers on matters that relate to health and safety in the workplace (through and OHS committee as an example) and assisting to provide practical solution to WHS problems within the workplace. Implement workplace safety requirements Question 3 This is a research question. Safety signs are used in the community and in the workplace to ensure accidents are avoided at all costs.
To tell your employer if something happens that may effect your ability to work. To inform your employer if you take medication that may make you drowsy and un safe to operate machinery and equipment. B Health and safety responsibilities of your manager or employer include making the work place safe. Preventing risks to health. Ensure that machinery is safe to use and safe working policies are set up and
Unit SHC34 - Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice 1.1Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role? A duty of care is a legal obligation imposed on an individual. Requiring them to set a standard of reasonable standard whilst in the working environment so that noting you may do could harm others.We can do this by carrying out daily checks and cleaning rotas to ensure that the work place inside and outside is safe and clean before the day starts. 1.2Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding or protection of individuals.
Control means to contain the infection once someone has it for example using personal protective equipment and washing your hands even if they don’t feel dirty. 1:2 Employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection are set out in the Health and Safety at work act 1974. And this states that employers have a responsibility to protect employees’ from danger and harm, as reasonably practicable. Employers must: * Provide a safe workspace. * Carry out risk assessments to assess the dangers of certain work activities.
3) Engineering and isolating controls - The provision or mechanical aides, barriers, machine guarding, ventilation or insulation to isolate a hazard from workers. For example: Using antiglare screens on computers. 4) Establishing policies, procedures and work practices - Designed to reduce a workers exposure to a risk can also include the provision of specific training & supervision. For example: Increasing job variety and introducing job rotation. 5) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - PPE must be provided and maintained by the employer and the employer must also provide training for workers required to use it.
The employer/manager To make the workplace safe. To prevent risk’s to health. Ensure that machinery is safe to use. Set up emergency plans. Make sure working conditions all meet health, safety and welfare requirements.
Homework for 11th November 2014 Kayleigh Whelan MU2:4)1:1 Outline the health and safety policies and procedures of the work setting. Uniform is to worn so that the workers can be identified but also to be smart and comfortable, workers are also advised on how they should behave whilst wearing the uniform inside and outside of the work place. Behaviour whilst in the workplace should be appropriate round the children as if it isn’t management will give the right discipline that is needed. If you are in uniform and outside of work and a member of the public see’s you behaving in a way they do not think is appropriate for you to be around children can also contact your work place and inform them and again the right discipline will be given to you by management. When working with children it is important to be physically, mentally and emotionally fit as you are helping the children to develop in these areas and if you cannot perform in a way that is positive for the children then you shouldn’t be working with them as it has an effect on the way they can develop.
It is concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people in the workplace. Managing health and safety in the office requires a process of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and evaluation of control measures. (Work safe, 2006) Effective management of health and safety hazards also involves training, consultation, documentation of health and safety activities and regular review of the management system. (Work safe, 2006) The potential environmental hazards present in an office: • Mechanical hazards, such as filing cabinets that tend to tip when heavily laden top drawers are open; tripping hazards. • Physical hazards, like glare or reflections from screens; hot components of photocopiers; poorly designed chairs that do not provide the user with adequate back support; poorly designed jobs and tasks that demand prolonged work in a fixed posture.