Identifying Hazards in a Care Setting

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At Ormiston House there are a number of hazards. These are hazards towards staff, residents and visitors. The hazards equipment hazards, waste hazards, environment hazards, physical hazards, security, hazards, medical hazards. These could all contribute to causing harm to a person’s health.

 

There are a number of hazards to the residents such as:

  1. Front door
  2. Large grounds
  3. Staff checks
  4. Abuse
  5. Adaptations
  6. Chair lifts
  7. Beds
  8. Stairs

The front door maybe a hazard if left unlocked/unattended as the resident may escape the building out on to the main road. If the patient had dementia then they may end up out on the main road escaping and not remembering how to cross the road so the patient may end up getting ran over which may lead to injuring themselves or the person that is in the car.

Another hazard to the residents maybe that if they have not completed the correct checks, such as CRB checks on the staff, then the resident’s maybe put at risk. The residents could be at an increased risk of abuse; physically or mentally. This could cause the resident having hidden bruises resulting in lower self-confidence and this may stop them from speaking to new people. In the long run the patient may end up staying in bed all the time so they may become bed ridden.

Large grounds are a hazard to the residents as the staff can't see the whole of the ground and their maybe one of the residents escaping or their maybe a person climbing in to attack the patients and this may cause distress to some of the patients if they don't understand what is going on at this time.

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Abuse is a physical hazard due to this affecting the resident. This affects the patient physically due to the bruises or broken bones. This would then if the patient had dementia end up causing the patient stress and up making false story's as they don't remembering the correct story of what happened or maybe too scared to say the correct story or if they have had a stroke then they may end up becoming stuck in bed as the other side of the body now hurts.

Adaptations are a hazard because if the patient doesn't have the correct ...

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