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what is a hazard?

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anything with the potential to cause harm

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what is a risk?

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the chance of harm occurring

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what are the different types of hazards?

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  • health hazards
  • safety hazards
  • security hazards
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what is a health hazard?

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an incident or event leading to illness

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what is a safety hazard?

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incidents leading to personal injury or damage to equipment or premises

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what is a security hazard?

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intruders, theft of property or information, kidnapping of individuals or individuals leaving without consent or supervision

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what are the different types of settings and give examples for them?

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  • health environment e.g. hospital or GP surgery
  • care environment e.g. residential care home, individuals home
  • childcare environment e.g. nursery, school
  • public environment e.g. shopping centre, park
  • transport e.g. minibus, ambulance
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what are the 9 different types of care setting hazards?

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  • environmental
  • biological
  • chemical
  • psychological
  • physical
  • musculoskeletal
  • working conditions
  • working practices
  • lack of security
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what is an example of a environmental hazard?

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  • wet floors
  • uneven surfaces
  • trip hazards
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what is an example of biological hazards?

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  • bodily fluids
  • waste
  • infection
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what is an example of chemical hazards?

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  • unlabelled cleaning fluid
  • hot oil
  • medicines
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what is an example of psychological hazards?

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  • stress

- tiredness

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what is an example of physical hazards?

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  • noise

- radiation

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what is an example of musculosketal hazards?

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  • manual handling
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what is an example of working condition hazards?

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  • poor lighting
  • cold
  • travel
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what is an example of working practices hazards?

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  • long hours

- lack of training

17
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what is an example of lack of security hazards?

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  • faulty smoke alarms
  • broken locks
  • alarm systems
18
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what hazards can impact on individuals?

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  • injury or harm
  • illness
  • poor standards of care
  • financial loss
19
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what do harm and abuse hazards include and name the examples of each one?

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  • physical e.g. hitting, biting
  • sexual e.g. unwanted contact
  • emotional and psychological e.g. verbal abuse
  • financial exploitation e.g. withholding or taking money
  • neglect e.g. not meeting needs
20
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How can harm and abuse by unintentional?

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result of poor care such as care practitioners not following infection control procedures and infecting their service users

21
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what are the reasons why harm and abuse may occur?

name 4

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  • carers are too stressed
  • resentment towards a vulnerable person
  • prejudice and hostility
  • financial dependency
  • inadequate level of carer support
  • failure to monitor caregivers
  • lack of carer training
  • location of carer
22
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how can harm and abuse by intentional?

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an individual intends to inflict pain on another person or cause them harm

23
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what are some examples of high profile cases of child abuse?

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  • victoria climbie

- baby p

24
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how are care practitioners at risk of harm through working practices?

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  • biological: dealing with bodily fluids means that they are at risk of developing infections
  • musculosketal: risk from lifting and moving patients as a considerable number of staff develop bad backs or have injuries
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what are the short term effects of abuse?

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  • bruise, cuts, broken ribs
  • pregnancy or STI
  • lack of confidence and poor self esteem
  • challenging or needy behaviour
  • depression, anxiety or loneliness
  • guilt, fear and blame
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what are the long term effects of abuse?

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  • low self esteem
  • mental health issues such as depression, self harm or suicidal thoughts/attempts
  • inability to sleep, angry, upset
  • anorexia or obesity, high stress levels
  • inability to form relationships and trust others
  • addictions such as alcohol or drugs

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