A4: Health and safety regulations applicable in the healthcare sector

Question 1

Give the purpose of health and safety in the workplace.

Answer 1

Maintain safety and wellbeing of individuals and workers and reducesrisk to individual and professionals.
Provides duty of care for individual and professionals.

Question 2

Purpose of the Health and Safety (first aid) Regulations 1981.

Answer 2

Requirements for employers within the health sector to provide adequate and appropriate equipment and facilities to ensure employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work.

Question 3

Purpose of Care Act 2014

Answer 3

Improves people’s independences and wellbeing.
Local authorities are obligated to provide or arrange services that help: prevent people developing care for needs and prevent deterioration.

Question 4

Give the purpose of Ionising radiation Regulation

Answer 4

Impose duties on employers to protect employees and members of the public from:
- Radiation arising from work
Radioactive substances
- Any other forms of radiation.

Question 5

What does the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) do?

Answer 5

Ensuresthat medicines and medical devices work and are accetably safe for use.
Medical devices include:
- Stethoscopes
- Diagnostic test strips
- Syringes
- Whole body scanners.

Question 6

What is the responsibilities of a trained first aider?

Answer 6

• Providing first aid treatment for minor injuries and illness.
• Ensuring the casulty is referred for further treatment.
• ensuring first aid kit is kept stocked, clean and tidy.
• Any support provided reflects an individual’s needs and does not discriminate in any way.

Question 7

What is the Resus council?

Answer 7

Promotes and publishes high-quality scientific resus guidelines.
- Developing education material for resus.
- Supports research into resus.
- Information for the use of external defibrillator.

Question 8

Give the role of resus guidelines.

Answer 8

• Provides detail information about basic and advanced life support for a range of individuals including adults, paediatrics and newborns.

Question 9

What is the purpose of manual handling regulations and training?

Answer 9

• Prevents injury and harm.
• Protects individuals and the professionals from harm.
• Insurance purposes.
• Compliance with mandatory requirements.

Question 10

What can poor manual handling lead to?

Answer 10

• Back pain and other musculoskeletal disorders that can make you unable to work.
• Moving and handling accidents can injure both the mover and person being moved.
• Discomfort and lack of dignity for the service user.