Risk Assessment

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Risk Assessment
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Risk Assessment
Task 1
Question 10
HAZARD LIKELIHOOD SEVERITY
Needle-stick injury, where
the needle is contaminated
with infectious blood
Likely:-Needle stick
injuries are one of the most
common accidents that have
been reported by healthcare
workers including the non-
clinical staff, doctors, and
nurses (VMC, 2017).
Catastrophic:-The severity
of this accident is
catastrophic as viruses
likely to be contracted by
the workers circumnavigate
huge and dangerous
diseases such as HIV and
Hepatitis C (Balouchi,
Shahdadi,
Ahmadidarrehsima, &
Rafiemanesh, 2015).
Exposure to a client with
highly-infectious influenza.
Likely: -Exposure to a
client with highly infectious
influenza is likely to occur
especially in May and
September during the cold
seasons when Australia
Moderate:- The severity of
influenza disease is
moderate as the illness
resolves after a week even
though its symptoms are
severe and it is highly

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experiences winter
(Fielding, Regan, Dalton,
Chilver, & Sullivan, 2016).
At this time, the cold
conditions increase the
chances of cold and flu
among the patients.
Regardless of the
workplace, one is at high
risk of contracting the
disease from friends or
visitors in the workplace.
contagious (Lotter, 2018).
Splash from infected body
fluids into eyes or mucous
membranes
Rare:- The occurrence of
splash from infected body
fluids into the eyes or
mucous membrane is rare as
most of the incidences arise
from failure to follow the
precaution procedures in the
workplace (Crisp, Taylor,
Douglas, & Rebeiro, 2012).
Major: -Splash incidences
at the work place are
dangerous and can be
potentially lethal (Katz,
2013). The eye and the
mucous membrane are very
delicate parts of the human
body and contain fluids
which easily promote
contraction of viral and
bacterial diseases. Such