health and social care incidents and emergencies
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- Created on: 22-05-18 13:50
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- Incidents and emergencies
- Accidents
- Accidents can be the result of poorly maintained areas, fittings or equipment
- A fractured limb can result from a slip on a wet bathroom floor
- Electrical injuries from faulty wiring or burns and scalds from hot water temperatures
- In health and social care settings people may have reduced mobility
- Exposure to infections
- Individuals may be more susceptible to bacterial infections such as gastroenteritis
- Poor environmental conditions such as inadequate ventilation and lack of running water
- Poor working practices like inadequate cleaning facilities and poor personal hygiene can increase the growth of pathogens
- Exposure to chemicals
- Exposure t chemicals can occur if individuals are exposed to a hazardous substances when doing day-to-day work
- Hazardous substances are classified as very toxic, harmful and corrosive
- Exposure to these can also occur unexpectedly if a spillage has occurred or safe practices as specified in the manufacturers instructions for storing
- Spillages
- Spillages of body fluids, such as blood, vomit, urine and faeces, can lead t outbreaks of infections and cause diseases if they are contaminated with pathogens
- Spillages of waste and other hazardous substances also have the potential to have serious consequences for those who work
- Intruders
- When premises are poorly maintained there may be broken doors and/or inadequate window locks which could result in intruders entering the building
- Intruders may also access premises du to poor working practices that fail to ensure that only those who are unauthorised have access
- Aggressive and dangerous encounters
- Accidents can also result from aggressive and dangerous encounters, such as bruised eye from and individual hitting
- A fall down the stairs by an individual who has abused alcohol or a bite to the arm from an aggressive individual who has abused drugs
- Fire
- Fire safety is important so is knowing how to stop it from spreading and knowing how to prevent it
- Fires will only start if these components are present; solid, liquid or gas items that can burn
- Floods
- Floods in premises are usually caused by water escaping from an item inside the premises like; washing machines, bath, toilet and water tank/ pipes
- This can be due o the failure to carry out routine maintenance checks, this is the potential long term damage to the premises
- Loss of water supply
- A loss of water supply could indicate that there is a burst pipe somewhere in the premises or that there may be a leak in the mains system
- Most commonly due to a failure of routine maintaenece checks, this can have an impact on key care and support activities that involove cleaning
- Accidents
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