Health and Safety starting point

What is Health and safety?

• Health and safety is only relevant in certain industries
• Health and safety does not include mental health concerns
• Health and safety encompasses practices that aim to prevent accidents, injuries, and illnesses, ensuring a safe and healthy environment for all.
• Health and safety is focused solely on physical well-being

Every setting should have an evacuation procedure for

Infection is spread by...

• The air

• Pathogens
• Direct contact
• Genetic mutations

Ways to reduce the spread of illness includes

• Eating raw meat
• Sharing personal items with others
• Ignoring symptoms and continuing regular activities
• Practice good hygiene, avoid close contact with sick individuals, stay home when feeling unwell, and clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces.

The NHS recommends what for hand washing?

• Vinegar and salt
• Soap and water for at least 20 seconds
• Wiping hands with a paper towel

• Only water

There are how many 'Key areas' of 'Health and Safety'?

• 10
• 5
• 7
• 3

Nurses use what Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?

• gloves, masks, gowns, and eye protection
• surgical caps, stethoscopes, compression socks
• scrubs, hairnets, shoe covers
• aprons, face shields, boots
• Hard hats, boots, uniform

'Risk' in 'Health and Safety' means?

• Certainty of safety in the workplace
• Probability of accidents due to negligence
• Likelihood of harm occurring due to hazards
• Possibility of benefits from hazards

Match the following

• Hand hygiene and cleaning routines

• infection prevention and control

• Fire evacuation and prevention

• moving and handling

• How to store products and substances

• storage and disposal of hazardous substances

• The first response of care

• First aid

• Proper lifting techniques

• Fire safety

Everyone has the responsibility to do what with 'Health and Safety'

• Disregard health and safety measures
• Use and keep up health and safety measures

• Occasionally follow health and safety protocols
• Ignore health and safety guidelines
• Report and record any concerns or issues