BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3 UNIT 3: Health Safety and Security in Health and Social Care P1: Explain potential hazards and the harm that may arise from each in health or social care setting. Introduction: This unit is trying to illustrate how harmful potential hazard can be within our environment and the danger it can cause. FIVE Potential hazards in Nursing Home Potential risk posed by the hazard Expose wire: Expose wire can cause patient’s trip over and fall which can cause injury and damaging parts of their body. Water leaks: This hazard can cause damage to patient’s goods, furniture and can even cause dampness to their rooms and to the environment. This can even cause patient to be sick of …show more content…
if there is a knife carelessly lying about and one of the patient, who is mentally ill comes and pick it up, not knowing that it is harmful and if misused it could seriously hurt them. Unclean environment: This is a major hazard because if the environment in a nursing home is unclean this can lead to spreading diseases, infections and causes the environment to start to smell and that could add up to the patients illness. Nursery: In a nursery there are many hazards so staffs need to be extra careful on what they leave hanging around especially when dealing with younger children. Also there are round the clock service is provided. Loose wires: This is a very important hazard everywhere and if there are loose wires hanging carelessly around at a nursery it is more likely that one half of the children in a class would trip over it and get badly injured so if possible keep the wires out of reach . Toys left carelessly on the floor: This is really important because if there are toys on lying on the floor carelessly it is more likely that a child could trip over it or put it in their mouth and injury themselves with it. Cleaning products: Cleaning product should be kept far away from a nursery area and should be kept in an area that children cannot reach and locked up because if this hazard is seen by a child in the nursery they could put it in their mouth thinking it
For those that receive care a hazard for an elderly person could be that they cannot see
As many of the service users within the hospital may already be in a vulnerable state, the exposure to smoke may worsen their condition if not addressed quickly. Some of the effects of smoke exposure to a service user already suffering from respiratory problems can include the inability to breathe normally, excessive cough with or without mucus, discomfort in the chest and wheezing or shortness of breath. All problems that can lead to more serious problems if not looked at and fixed as quickly as possible. Another problem that can occur during the case of a fire, can include a safety breach. When the fire alarm is set off inside the hospital it is important to follow the procedure and get everybody to
Read the enclosed care quality commission inspection report on the Safe Haven care home extract and then identify and explain potential hazards and harm, also areas of good practice with regards to health, safety and security.
The first thing a nurse can do is to always remember that they are a patient advocate. In the situation of an OR nurse watching a doctor perform surgery, being a patient advocate is key. The nurse’s patient is unconscious and cannot speak for themselves. Watching to make sure that whatever part of the body is being worked on is thoroughly inspected and all tools used in the surgical procedure are accounted for is one of the most effective ways that a nurse can intervene. Being a patient advocate also means telling the surgeon when a nurse happens to find something left behind. This advocacy would create an environment of communication to promote communication between all team members. Nurses can also count the surgical items being used. “To prevent leaving surgical items inside patients, the Association of perioperative Registered Nurses recommends counting all sponges, sharps, and related miscellaneous items at five different times: (1) before the procedure to establish a baseline, (2) before closure of a cavity within a cavity, (3) before wound closure begins, (4) at skin closure, and (5) at the time of permanent staff relief of either the scrub person or the circulating nurse (Treadwell, 2013). Communication with the operating room staff and checking the number of surgical
“Chemical hazards pose an external or internal physiological threat to one or more parts of the human body. This hazard can cause both short/long term health and physical effects depending on route of entry, toxicity, amount and duration of exposure” (Haight, 2012, p. 60).
The majority of children are not able to express their concerns to a healthcare professional. So the healthcare professional will have to scrutinize and carefully observe the child to identify any problem that the child may have. Also, the healthcare professional must talk to the parents and the caregivers in order to get more information and any problems they are aware of the child. A through body examination of the child may be carried out. Toddlers and preschool children are close to their parents, but generally, school goers keep a little distance from their parents as far as communication is concerned. Obesity is more among preschoolers and school going children, whereas, malnutrition is found among toddlers. Accidents and injuries, infections,
Illustrate your findings using 2 tables (one for risks and one for hazards)using the headings: Environment, Equipment & Personal (1.1 & 1.2)
The nursing tasks include an ongoing interaction with patients, families, and other health care team members. Because of the high involvement with patients, nurses have the utmost responsibility to guard the patient’s safety. However, the American Nurses Association [ANA] (2015) made a valid point in stating that keeping patients safe and well starts by having a healthy nurse working in a safe environment. Additionally, Kieft, De Brouwer, Francke, and Delnoij (2014) also mentioned the study of the direct correlation between the nurses’ working environment and the patients’ quality of care. As such, nurses have to be cognizant of these environmental safety risks – staffing and occupational hazard - and plan interventions for both nurses and patients’ safety.
Any individual that has taken care of a toddler is aware of the amount of focus that must constantly remain on the child to prevent accidents. A major accident may occur due to the child’s misconception of an object that is comestible, and one that is not. When I was young everything was fair game, from rocks and marbles to just about
Then, there's bed bugs.....That is a whole different concern that healthcare facilities are facing...Can you believe, Blockhouse Furniture employees actually had
Carefully place by Do not leave your child alone in the bed or furniture. You must use a safety line when putting infants at high and other baby seat.1• Maintaining safety on stairs you need to make sure that on the stairs without the clutter and clean items.2• Install safety gates at the top of the ladder attached to the wall.3• The window must have a protective barrier because children can open windows and window glass can not protect children.4• Use a rubber pad in the kitchen and bath pool.5• Avoid the use of walking aids to babies because it can make the baby stumble or fall on the stairs.6• Use lights at night in the bedroom and bathroom to prevent falls at
Awareness has been raised over the policy of mobile phones in nurserys, which has been applied all over the uk. There are specific procedures in place, intentionally to provide a environment where children are safe from any innapriopriate use. The concerns of staff being distracted from their work with children and cameras being used unapropriately is now prevented.
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader to the chemical exposure nurses may face throughout their career. Nurses are often referred to as “angels of mercy”; sadly this comes at a price. Throughout their career nurses are faced with dangers unknown to them and sometimes out of their control. This is due to the various chemicals that they are exposed to at work through contact with the public, coworkers, cleaning products used to keep their workplaces clean and free of infectious organisms, pharmaceuticals and supplies. This paper will cover only a few of the chemicals that nurses may be exposed to, but in no way limits the dangers of other chemicals not discussed in this paper.
Who might be harmed and how? - Once hazards have been identified you need to understand who will be harmed and how. This could be the resident themselves, the staff or visitors.