Health Safety in Care Settings: Practical Interventions to Reduce Risks to Staff and Service Users

Health Safety
in
Care settings

Table of Content
INTRODUCTION
▪ Overview of infection prevention relevant to the employees.
▪ Identification of common hazard within employees working environment.
▪ Justification of chosen topic.
▪ Describe responsibilities of employers and employees.
▪ Practical interventions to reduce the identified risk to staff and service user.
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
▪ Infection prevention is a practical based approach
implied with the purpose of eliminating or preventing
avoidable infections which are possible to produce
harmful effects.
▪ Infectious diseases transmit by either person to person,
directly or indirectly.
▪ Personal hygiene plays a key role in prevention of
infection.

Overview of infection prevention relevant to the employees.
▪ People living in residential homes are more prone to
infections as living and working together is most likely
to be associated with sharing of germs.
▪ Infections can be serious in few cases and life
threatening in some too.