Ensuring a safe enviroment - example of a risk assessment

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 A risk assessment involves  these things: likelihood which is the chance of causing and injury or accident  which is a mark a out of 5 , 5 being certain. Severity is the next number this is how bad the injury would be from the hazard 5 being death. the risk is found out by multiplying the likelihood by the severity the risk 25 is the highest and is unacceptable

The hazard is the thing that could cause harm to people or person

The five stages of a risk assessment are as stated:

 The regulation that make services carry out a risk assessment in a care setting a legal requirement is the health & safety act 1974. Areas in a health and social care setting where risk assessments are taken place are

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  • Equipment/electrical (i.e. PAT testing)
  • Staff (i.e. CRB check)
  • Service user (i.e. health checks and background checks)
  • Fire management
  • Environment  (building ,environment and rooms)
  • Outings trips
  • Missing persons policy and procidures

There are a variety of things you can do reduce/remove hazards these include:

  • Warning signs
  • Training
  • Safe storage
  • Safety equipment
  • Remove hazard
  • Fix hazard
  • Safety notices
  • Instructions
  • Supervision
  • Risk asses ment

I will now complete a risk assessment to demonstrate these processes

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