Health And Safety Flashcards
What is the first step of risk assessment?
Identifying the hazard 🚨⚠️
What is the second step to risk assessment?
Deciding who may be harmed and how🤷♀️❓
How do you model good practice when it comes to health and safety
Wash hands 🧼
Wear appropriate ppe 😷
Report incidents to line manager 💼
What is the 3rd step of the risk assessment?
Evaluating the risk and decide the precautions you need to take⛔️⚠️
True or false: health and safety at work can be promoted by ensuring there is clearly visible information and guidance
True👍🏻🥳!!
Why are risk assessments important?
They help to minimise risks by preventing the likelihood of accidents occurring and raise awareness of hazards in the workplace. ☢️
Why do work environments need to be clean, tidy and hazard free?
To ensure the safety of staff and patients and prevent infection/contamination. 🧹🧼
Why does equipment need to be stored correctly
To ensure that is it easily accessible and the life of equipment is sustained🔬
What if the last step during the risk assessment?
Review the recordings and update them if necessary👩🏫
What to do when there is a spillage
Follow procedure📄
Keep yourself safe🦺
Secure the area🔐
Report to line manager if necessary 📝
Reflect on the cause and prevent it reoccurring 🪞
How do you keep up with health and safety at work?
Completing statuary training 🚂💪🏻!!
Spillages case study - A healthcare professional notices that a cleaning product has spilt in the middle of the corridor on the ward. The ward is busy and she needs to do something about the spillage. What should she do?
She should:
Secure the area, report or escalate the spillage to someone so that it can be cleaned up and follow the organisations policies and procedures about dealing with spillages📝
What word is missing from the statement? “To promote health and safety individuals should take r_____________of their own actions.
Responsibility💼👩⚕️
What do you need to follow to endure health and safety
Organisational policies📄
Standard operating procedures 💼
Site specific emergency policies🏥
Why is it important to follow correct processes for reporting concerns and issues?
To make sure that similar incidents are handled correctly in the future and all information is correct for safeguarding purposes.
