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Unit 3 p3, m2& d1- Risks &hazards in a health and social care setting
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- Newham College London
Essay of 5 pages for the course BTEC health and social care level 3 at Newham College London
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Risk assessment for children, staff and visitors at Little Stars Nursery.A B C D E
Hazards Risk(Injury) Chance of Risk assessment Existing
occurrence(1-5) Low(1-7) safeguards(including
Depth of injury(1- Medium(8-15) policies, monitoring)
5) High(16-25)
Cleaning The risk is that 4x5 20 = high risk A policy in the nursery is
chemicals not the children can There is a high that cleaning products
put away after get these chance that the except wipes shouldn’t
use out of chemicals and children might get a be left in the nursery
reach from the drink it causing hold of the rooms. Also, the rooms
children. internal injury chemicals if not can only be cleaned with
or may even kept away properly chemicals such as bleach
lead to death. and get serious after all the children have
internal injury if left the nursery for the
swallowed which day.
may even lead to
death.
Wet floors due The risk is that 3x3 9 = medium risk The health and safety
to spillage of the children, There is a medium policy states that every
drinks or other staff or even chance that the worker should report a
liquids in the visitors can slip children, staff or spillage and get a staff
nursery rooms, and fall causing visitors might slip. member like the cleaner
toilet injuries like And the depth of to clean it up
bruises. the injury isn’t as immediately to avoid
serious. hazards. The kitchen and
toilets are checked
3times a day.
Tiny toy piecesThe risk is that 4x2 8 = medium risk A policy at the nursery is
left on the the younger There is a medium that all tiny toy pieces are
floor children might chance that the only given to the older
see these tiny children might children and are kept
pieces and try to swallow the toy away properly when
swallow them pieces if not kept they’re done playing with
causing choking away properly. toys.
or internal
injury.
Unlocked front This can be a 3x5 15 = medium risk The nursery has CCTV to
door risk when There is a medium monitor the activities in
harmful people chance of this risk the nursery also to make
unauthorized actually occurring in sure unauthorized people
into the care the nursery because are not in the setting.
setting come in the front door is Also, the nursery has
, maybe trying to kept locked at all automatic lock doors to
abuse the times. avoid risks like this9*.
children or just
harm them.
Sharp edged This is a risk 4x2 8 = medium risk No sharp edged tables
tables because sharp This is a medium are kept in the nursery
edged tables risk because the rooms to avoid injuring
could hurt the depth of injury isn’t the children, staff or
children when as serious but it’s visitors.
they’re playing. likely to happen if
This could cause the nursery has
injury like sharp edged tables.
bruises.
Staff infections This is a risk in 2x3 6 = low risk The health and safety
like the flu, this setting There is a low policy states that all staff
cough because when chance of this risk should report all
one of the staff because the staff infections or diseases
comes into the might not come into they have before they
setting with an the nursery when work. Medical testing is
infection, they they have an carried out on the staff
can pass this on infection to avoid before they are offered a
to the other passing it on. job.
staff, children or
even visitors.
Food allergies This risk is that 1x5 5 = low risk The health and safety
become a risk the children can There is a low policy states that every
when the get allergic chance of this staff member should be
staffs aren’t reactions some happening in this aware of the children’s
aware of the of which are nursery because all allergies to avoid allergic
child’s really severe. the staff are aware reactions. Also, another
allergies. of each child’s policy is that all food
allergies but the should be cooked
depth of injury is properly and healthy to
very severe if they develop the growth of
forget. the children.
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