Health and Safety

Question 1

What are the 4 types of incidents?

Answer 1

1. Adverse incident (causes harm or damage)
2. Patient safety incident (Unintended incident that could have or did cause harm to someone receiving NHS funded treatment)
3. No harm incident (Incident that happened, but did not cause harm)
4. Prevented incident (An incident that could cause harm, but was prevented)

Question 2

What is the HASAWA?

Answer 2

Health and Safety at Work Act

Primary piece of legislation with regard to occupational health and safety

Described as the enabling act and other pieces of legislation are placed under this act

Question 3

What are the 4 key pieces of legislation under the HASAWA?

Answer 3

1. Manual handling operation regulations
2. Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH)
3. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR)
4. Fire precautions act

Question 4

What duties does HASAWA place on employers and employees?

Answer 4

Employer- Safe place to work and the safe use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances

Employee- Take reasonable care for his/her own health and safety and take care for the health and safety of anyone who may be affected by his/her acts or omissions

Question 5

What is COSHH?

Answer 5

British legislation that states a general requirement to protect employees and other persons from the hazards of substances used at work

States that all employers must conduct a risk assessment before any work is conducted

Question 6

What does COSHH cover? (max 4)

Answer 6

1. Chemicals
2. Products containing chemicals
3. Fumes
4. Biological agents

Question 7

Under COSHH what must an employer do?

Answer 7

Eliminate or reduce risks from hazardous substances through: risk assessment, control measures, training and supervision

Question 8

What 3 things must an employee do under COSHH?

Answer 8

1. Take reasonable care of your own safety and not endanger others
2. Co-operate with your employer
3. Make full and proper use of control measures

Question 9

What is a hazard?

Answer 9

A hazard is any source of potential damage, harm or adverse health effects on something or someone.

Question 10

What is a risk?

Answer 10

The combination of the likelihood of the occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm.

Question 11

What is risk management?

Answer 11

Includes all the processes involved in identifying, assessing and judging risks, assigning ownership, taking actions to mitigate or anticipate them, and monitoring and reviewing progress

Question 12

What are the key steps in a risk assessment?

Answer 12

1. Identify what might cause harm to people at your work
2. Identify who might be harmed and how
3. Decide whether you are doing enough to prevent that harm
4. Identify and prioritise putting in place, appropriate and sensible control measures
5. Record your risk assessment
6. Review and update

Question 13

Where is the risk management of laboratory documented?

Answer 13

In the QMS

Question 14

What is the definition of risk management?

Answer 14

Coordinated activities to direct and control and control an organisation with regard to risk

Question 15

What are the 4 types of risk?

Answer 15

1. Inherent risk (a specific action before any action has been taken to manage it)
2. Residual risk (the risk after the risk has been managed)
3. Risk appetite (the amount of risk an organisation is willing to accept)
4. Control (any action taken to manage risk)

Question 16

When are deaths and injuries reported under RIDDOR?

Answer 16

1. There has been an accident which caused an injury
2. The accident was work-related
3. The injury is of a types which is reportable

Question 17

What is an accident?

Answer 17

An accident is a separate, identifiable, unintended incident, which causes physical injury.