Health Safety and Wellbeing in Health and Social Care Setting

Health safety and wellbeing in
health and social care setting

Table of Content
 Introduction
 Identify legislations relating to health and safety
 Explain how health and safety policies and procedures and other agreed ways of working
underpin practice
 Explain main health and safety responsibilities of
 Identify task in work setting that should not be carried out without training
 Explain principles of safe moving and handling
 Describe safe practices for handling hazardous substances

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 Understand the principles of chain of infection
 Understand the impact of breaking the chain of infection
 Explain own role in reducing the spread of infection
 Describe the recommended method of hand-washing
 Explain how to ensure that own health and hygiene do not pose a risk to an individual or to
other at work
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Health and safety wellbeing are important for each and every individual as it leads to promote
satisfaction among people and make them productive towards their work. Well-being is the white
concept as it is related with several areas like individual dignity, corporal and mental fitness,
defense from abuse, contribution in work, social and economic comfort, appropriateness of the
living lodging of an individual and contribution towards the society.