Policies of Health Care: Personal Information, Infection Control, Emergency Procedure, Child Protection Care

Running head: POLICIES OF HEALTH CARE
POLICIES OF HEALTH CARE
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1POLICIES OF HEALTH CARE
Task 1
Answer 1.1
Personal information and privacy: Every health care center and hospitals in Australia have
been fund to maintain the confidentiality regarding the personal information and privacy of the
patient. The hospital authority collect data regarding the background of the patent and keep the
record with proper safety measure. In case of need the hospital authority provide the records of
the patient to the higher medical and management department for further use.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757992/
Infection control and personal protective equipment: It has been found that in order to control
the spread of infection or pathogenic substance the hospital staffs use personal protective
equipment such as hand sanitizer, gloves, masks and others. Such personal protective equipment
are maintained for individual patient in the hospital settings.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196655312008140
Emergency procedure: Disaster is unpredictable and it could occur in any place, thus it is
important to maintain proper disaster management tools in the hospital settings. In this regards
proper fire management tools such as fire alarm, fire extinguisher and others disaster
management tools need to maintain by the hospital authority in order to provide adequate support
in case of emergency.
https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/laws-and-compliance/workplace-health-and-safety-laws/laws-
and-legislation/work-health-and-safety-act-2011

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Child protection care: It is important to prepare child protection plan in the health care setting.
The hospital authority should refer a child suffering from severe injury or health issue to the
emergency medical team for adequate treatment and it is important to monitor the child 24*7 in
order to ensure patient safety.
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-statistics/health-welfare-services/child-protection/overview
Answer 1.2:
It is important to follow the all the four plan mentioned above for a manager of health care.
However, the child care plan is the most important among them. It is the responsibility of the
health care manager to take adequate steps in order to ensure patient safety especially for the
children. He or she could arrange meeting or conference regarding child protection plan and
procedure in the hospital and deal with the issues in the implementation of the plan (aihw.gov.au
2018).
Answer 1.3
In case of failure to fulfil the responsibility of a manager, he or she should amend it as soon as
possible. If a manager fails to perform the above mentioned responsibility he or she would be
penalized according to the penalty imposed by the Work Health and Safety Act, 2011
(worksafe.qld.gov.au 2018). So far there are few incidents regarding the breaching of legislation
have been reported in Australia.
Task 2
Answer 2.1
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