Employees have responsibilities to: self, colleagues, employer, service users and visitors. 1.2. Explain employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. Employers are responsible for: • Assessing risks, • Putting procedures in place, • Ensuring procedures are followed, • Ensuring employees are appropriately trained in relation to infection control, • Making sure employees are aware of health and safety aspects of their work, • Keeping records, • Ensuring that relevant standards, policies and guidelines are available in the workplace 2.1. Outline the current legislation and regulatory body standards which are relevant to the prevention and control of infection.
Kelly-Ann Radcliffe Health and Social Care Unit 4222-264: The Principles of infection Prevention and control Outcome 1: Understand roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections 1:1 Employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection are set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. This tells workers that they have to do certain things in order to comply with the act and they are: * To take responsibility of there own safety and the safety of others. * To cooperate with your employer regarding health and safety matters. * To not intentionally damage and health and safety equipment provided by your employer. * Attend all training that is provided by your employer.
Unit ICO1 1. What is your role as an employee in relation to the prevention and control of infections? Employees are responsible for taking action to prevent and control the spread of infection, in accordance with legislation, local and organisational polices and procedures. 2. What is your employer’s responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection?
CU311 THE PRINCIPLES OF INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL 1: Understanding roles and responsibilities in the prevention and control of infections. 1.1 Explain employees roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. Infection can be spread by direct and indirect contact, aerosols, formites and hands. Effective infection control prevents the possible spread of infections by organisms that have the potential to cause disease. By taking responsibility to protect themselves, employees are able to keep their own personage safe.
Understand own responsibilities and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety in the work setting 1.1 identify legislation relating to general health and safety in a health or social care work setting. Legislation relating to general health and safety • Health and safety at work Act • Control of substances hazardous to health regulations • Person protection equipment regulations (PPE) • The reporting of injuries, disease and dangerous occurrences regulations 1985 • The management of health and safety at work act 1992 • Manual handling operations regulations 1992 1.2 Describe the main points of the health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer. The main points of health and safety • Ensuring there are adequate welfare facilities • Providing information, instruction, training and supervision • How health and safety is communicated in the workplace • The arrangements for first aid, fire and emergencies • The arrangements for reporting accidents or other health problems 1.3 Outline the main health and safety responsibilities of: Self All other staff such as domestic and maintenance must follow all policies and procedures similar to that of a social care worker and any visitors must follow all health and safety procedures as well as recording and reporting health and safety concerns. The employer or manager Provide training information, instruction and supervision Provide safety signs Provide appropriate PPE for staff Provide a safe place to work Carry out risk assessments Provide adequate first aid and welfare facilities Take reasonable care for own and others health and safety Understand and follow health and safety instructions and procedures Work with the carer to use equipment safely Others in the work setting To participate in health and
Implement principles of prevention in regulations rather than through an approved code of practice 2. Clarify that employers should use competent employees in preference to external sources for competent advice and assistance on health and safety. 3. Include a specific requirement to arrange necessary contacts with emergency services regarding first aid, emergency medical care and rescue and designate workers to implement fire fire-fighting procedures. * Manual handling operations regulations (MHOR) 1992 MHOR requires a risk assessment approach that takes into account whether it is reasonably practicable to automate or mechanise the process.
Dale Robinson homework E/50121960.CT235 - CT235/CU235 - Introduction to Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings Evidence Count AP CR DI EX OB PE QU SI TR WT Performance Criteria (PC) 1. Understand the implications of duty of care 1.1 Define the term ‘duty of care’ (0/9) 1.2 Describe how the duty of care affects own work role (0/9) 2 Understand support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care 2.1 Describe dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care an individual’s rights (0/9) 2.2 Explain where to get additional support and advice about how to resolve such dilemmas (0/9) 3 Know how to respond to complaints 3.1 Describe how to respond to complaints (0/9) 3.2 Identify the main points of agreed procedures for handling complaints E/50121960.CU1517 - CU1517 - Introduction to Equality and Inclusion in Health, Social Care or Children's and Young People's Settings Evidence Count AP CR DI EX OB PE QU SI TR WT Performance Criteria (PC) 1 Understand the importance of equality and inclusion 1.1 Explain what is meant by: 1.1.i Diversity (0/9) 1.1.ii Equality (0/9) 1.1.iii Inclusion (0/9) 1.1.iv Discrimination (0/9) 1.2 Describe ways in which discrimination may deliberately or inadvertently occur in the work setting (0/9) 1.3 Explain how practices that support equality and inclusion reduce the likelihood of discrimination (0/9) 2 Be able to work in an inclusive way 2.1 Identify which
When defining responsibilities, what must be included? Health and safety legislation and standards that are relevant to the workplace responsibilities should be specific eg identifying and controlling hazards and risks minimising risks that could lead to injury, loss or damage Key performance indicators, early
Unit 4222-306 Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care Outcome 1: 1.1: Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health and social care work setting The main legislations relating to health and safety in a social care work setting are: * Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (amended 2002) * Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 * Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 * Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 2002 1.2: explain the main points of health and safety policies and procedures agreed with the employer The employer has a duty of care and has to abide by the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The employer must have risk assessments in place especially in a care work setting. They must make the work place safe to work in by having a suitable area to work in and all equipment in working order. 1.3: analyse the main health and safety responsibilities of: * Self, reporting any risks, updating your employers about your surroundings and any hazards * The employer or manager, keeping the workplace clean and safe for all, keeping all risk assessments up to date * Others in the work setting, report any hazards that you think is a danger 1.4: identify specific tasks in the work setting that should not be carried out without special training Any manual handling such as lifting someone or using equipment such as hoists should not be carried out without any special training as this is against the law. Outcome 2: 2.1: use policies and procedures or other agreed ways of working that relate to health and safety 2.4: Use risk assessment in relation to health and safety Outcome 3: 3.1: Describe different types of accidents and sudden illness that may occur in own work setting There are many different illnesses that may occur in a care setting
It addresses hazardous substances in the work place and identifies the manufacturer or the importer of the substances as the primary source of information (including for distinguishing substances as hazardous substances). It recognises the material safety data sheet and the work place label as important health and safety information sources with the employer assuming responsibility in applying and communicating the (manufacturers or importers) information to employees in the work place. The legislation will therefore provide for more clearly defined rules for work practice, and information and responsibility where 'hazardous