Emergency Equipment Sign Meaning

The assignment focuses on analyzing the meaning and significance of a sign indicating the presence of emergency equipment, particularly within healthcare environments. It delves into the context of such signs, highlighting their role in providing access to essential medical supplies during emergencies like cuts or burns.

Running head: QUESTIONNAIRE OF WHS IN NURSING
QUESTIONNAIRE OF WHS RELATED TO NURSING PROFESSION
Name of the student
Name of the University
Author note

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Answer 1
1.1
 First key objective related to nursing staff is environmental contamination due to
health products.
 Risk associated to chemical, radiation, physical, noise and biological factors.
 Impact of shift works that effects the everyday life of the employees.
 Poor ergonomic design, harassment and violence (Work Health and Safety 2017).
1.2
The impact of WHS regulation 2011 in the territory is positive. As people are aware
about their rights, there is less chance of any hazardous incidence in the vicinity. In such
situation, it is possible to create a healthy and friendly environment in the workplace. If any
hazard occurs, it can be easily removed (Barrett, Mayson and Bahn 2014).
1.3
Impact of Consultation:
 Workers are able to share the matters related to WHS readily.
 Hazards are identified and awareness regarding that can be conveyed.
Impact of co-operation
 Co-operation in WHS described by the reply that the workers provide to the
higher authority, when they approach them to discuss about hazards or problems
faced by the workers.
Impact of Co-ordination

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 It determines that the measures applied to change the work environment are
falling in correct place.
1.4
Scope: the scope of this manual is manual task in the workplace.
Objective: the objective of this framework is to decrease the occurrence and harshness of
musculoskeletal disorders to workers performing manual tasks.
1.5
The identified authority of WHS in the state helps to implement the rules in the territory.
They conduct surveys in every company where the WHS has been applied or has the scope to be
applied and ask the employees about potential hazard present in their work safety (Chan-Mok,
Caponecchia and Winder 2014).
Answer 2
2.1
 Privacy of the employee is the first right in workplace. The confidentiality of
employee’s personal detail should be maintained.
 The second right is freedom and harassment free work environment.
2.2
 Employees should take care of their own health and safety and the same of others
in the workplace while working.
 Representation of an injured employee, by supporting and making him/her back to
the work is another responsibility of the employees.

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2.3
 Employers have right to appoint any employee as per their merit or just to expect
positive productivity from employee.
 Employers have right to dismiss employees as per their poor performance of less
productivity.
2.4
 The employer should provide the employees with adequate training about health
and safety while working in a healthcare setting.
 Employer should maintain a safe environment in the workplace and should
arrange all the equipment in such a way that it does not harm any employee.
Answer 3
3.1
Hazardous manual task is defined as a task that requires a person to push, pull, lower or
lift anything or move or hold any person involved in repetitive movement or sustained force
(Goode et al. 2014).
3.2
1. A task demanding a person to detain live animals.
2. A task demanding an individual to lift or move piles that are uneven or unbalanced or are
tough to grip or hold.
3. A task demanding an individual to sort objects on a conveyor belt.

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3.3
The WHS act states about the practices to enhance the work place safety and health,
whereas the hazardous manual task demands physical strain of the worker involved in the work.
Hence, according to the WHS code 34 to 38, the supervisor or higher authority of the company
should focus on eliminating possible risk of injury to maintain the WHS regulations (Pagura
2013).
Answer 4
4.1
Hazard is a potential source of damage, harm or adverse health effects that can affect the
workers in the workplace or the clients (Ericson 2015).
4.2
Personal safety risk associated to nursing practices are:
1. Risk of infection due to the presence of infectious work environment.
2. Risk of being antibiotic resistant due to the presence of resistant bacteria in the
environment.
4.3
1. The first strategy will be using different personal protection equipment so that
infection can be avoided.
2. Regular check will be done to analyses the risk of becoming antibiotic resistant or
sensitive.

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4.4
Two methods that are evident after conducting the research are site inspection and
interviewing the workers at the healthcare settings. According to Dzeng, Lin and fang (2016),
site inspection is one of the best tools to determine the presence of hazard in the workplace.
Other researcher Albert et al. (2014) described interviewing the workers is the best way to find
out the hazards present in the work area.
Answer 5
5.1
In a home based environment, the rights are as follows:
 Employees have right to file complaint of they face discrimination depending on
their race, caste, creed, gender and sexual preference.
 They also have the right to quit the job and find another one, if the employer did
not understand their needs.
The responsibilities are:
 The employee should provide similar care in home based environment as he/she
used to provide in the healthcare settings.
 Client satisfaction should be the top priority in home based settings as well.
5.2
In a home based environment, the rights are as follows:
 The client has the right to maintain his/her privacy and confidentiality in the
presence of care provider.

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 The client has rights to self-determination and has the right to make informed
choices.
The responsibilities are:
 The client should respect the right of the care provider at his/her place. Creating a
harassment free environment is also the responsibility of the client.
 The client should be responsible during the care as the care provider is there to
help in recovery of his/her health.
5.3
 Older people suffering from mental or physical illness and unable to move. Such
patient are unable to detect any fire injury, as their olfactory nervous system does
not work properly.
 People with disability, including mental illness. They are also not been able to
detect any fire hazard happening at place, and if such incident happens, they are
unable to move to a safe environment.
 Children, who are below the age of five. They are unable to detect such
incidences and can easily get affected by fire.
5.4
Smoke alarm should be placed in every bedroom and sleeping area, in every level of the
house. It should be five feet above the ground so that in adverse situations it is easy to stop the
fire in the initial stage.

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5.5
Before installing a smoke alarm, the client should be communicated about the fire risk
present at his/her place. Then after taking the consent of the client, local fire station authority
should be liaised to install a fire alarm or smoke alarm.
5.6
Three smoke alarm maintenance routines are as follows:
 Testing should be done regularly, at least once per month to check the battery and
sound clarity of the alarm.
 Batteries should be changed annually as the shelf life of the fire alarm battery is
up to 10 to 12 months.
 It should be cleaned with vacuum cleaner, as the particles can affect the
performance of the detector.
5.7
Risks associated with showering or bathing a person in their own home are:
 As this task involves movement of body in several directions, bathing and
showering may cause several physical injuries to the client. Presence of different
causative factors can also lead to injuries to the client as well as to the carer in
home based environment.
5.8
Three practices will be:

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 Asking for assistance from any family member of the client, so that client can
believe the carer and did not react in a way, so that injuries happens
 Healthcare provider will remove all hazardous material so that chances of injury
can be decreased.
 Healthcare expert will try to convince the client for the washing and bathing
purpose.
Answer 6
Personal safety risks Strategies to minimize identified risks
As the place is not familiar to the carer,
risk of injury and accident is high.
Carer can take the help from the client’s
family, to understand the hazardous materials
present in that home.
Another risk is associated with the health,
safety and privacy of the carer in the home
based environment of the client.
The carer should have a clear discussion with
the client’s family, about his/her need during
the stay at the place, and ensure that
everything is provided.
Answer 7
Two common source of infection Means to minimize the transfer of
infectious diseases
Urinary tract infection Avoiding the washroom used by the sufferer

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or cleaning the washroom before using.
Respiratory tract infection Using protecting mask or gloves while
providing care to the infected client.
Answer 8
8.1
Omnicell® G4 Unity automated dispensing cabinet
 It helps by efficiently pointing out the minimized stock outs, missing doses and
helps the healthcare workers by helping them in their work responsibility.
 It keeps the medications safe and secure, prevents the mixing up of the
medications and labels them accordingly. Hence, secures the patients right of
correct medication.
8.2
Hazard identification procedure (amended)
 It provides tool, templates and procedures to systematically identify the hazard
and registering the risks associated with it.
 Report trend and analysis of hazard identification risk assessment and to inform
associated stakeholders (Downie et al. 2012).
8.3
Clinical records management system

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 Helps to record the data both electronically and on paper. After, the data is
collected it stores the data as clinical data.
 As it is a web-based system, it helps to maintain a clear and convenient way to
represent the data collected (Friedlander and Khan 2016).
Answer 9
9.1
1. Is the work environment is stress free and healthy to work independently?
2. Do u feel pressurized or stressed due to the workload?
3. Did the work environment around you help you to spent maximum hours of your
day at work?
9.2
I will first communicate with my colleagues about my stress and fatigue. After that, I will
contact my higher authorities at workplace to think about my problems and amend those.
Answer 10
Sign for poison
This sign describes the presence of hazardous material,
including, poisons, electrical current, radioactivity and so
on. Hence, skull and cross bones are used to signify lethal
danger.

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Sign for Ionizing radiation
This sign describes the presence of ionizing radiation,
including, x-ray radiation, medical beam canons and particle
accelerators and so on. Hence, trefoil symbol is used to
signify lethal danger.
Sign for personal protecting equipment
This sign describes the importance of personal protecting
equipment especially eye protecting goggles. In the
healthcare setting, many hazardous chemicals or vapors can
be harmful to the eyes. Hence, this protecting goggle sign is
used.
Sign for Electrical hazard
This sign describes the presence of electrical hazard in the
vicinity. In the healthcare setting, many hazardous electrical
equipment are used such as different machines, life
supporting equipment. Hence, this thunder sign is used.

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Sign for biohazard sharps
This sign describes the presence of biohazard that is not life
threatening. The hazard can be of many types including
metal, poly or any other equipment.
Sign for Emergency equipment
This sign describes the presence of emergency equipment at
the place. In the healthcare settings, there are situations
when people need emergency equipment like during cuts or
burns. Hence, this sign of first aid has been given.

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