1. Health & Sciences HSAFE 1101 Unit 3: Health, Safety & Security in Health & Social care Grade 11

2. 1. Understand potential hazards in health and social care 1.1 Hazards: Hazards potentially exist for staff, visitors and individuals, if care is not taken to reduce risk to minimum.

3. Types of Hazards Health Hazards Safety Hazards Security Safety

4. Ex: Categories of hazards :

5. Definitions: 1- Hazard- anything that can cause harm, such as a steep staircase. 2- Risk- is the chance, high or low, that someone will be harmed by a hazard. 1- Hazard- anything that can cause harm, such as a steep staircase. 2- Risk- is the chance, high or low, that someone will be harmed by a hazard.

6. Definitions: 3- Health Hazards- they include incidents leading to illness. 4- Safety Hazards- they include incidents leading to personal injury or damage to equipment or information, and individuals either being abducted or leaving without consent. 3- Health Hazards- they include incidents leading to illness. 4- Safety Hazards- they include incidents leading to personal injury or damage to equipment or information, and individuals either being abducted or leaving without consent.

7. Definitions: 5- Security Hazards- these include intruders, theft or property or information, and individuals either being abducted or leaving without consent.

8. Definitions: 6- Positive risk taking- is about people taking control over their own lives by weighing up the potential benefits and harms of exercising one choice of action over another. Positive risk is not negligent ignorance of the potential risks.

9. Definitions: Positive risk is not negligent ignorance of the potential risks. 7- Physical hazards- are the most common hazards and will be present in most workplaces. Positive risk is not negligent ignorance of the potential risks. 7- Physical hazards- are the most common hazards and will be present in most workplaces.

10. Hw: Question: What are the types of hazards in workplace?