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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Setting-Specific Safety Priorities

HSC604 · Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Settings — Week 3 of 16

CourseHSC604
Week3 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Setting-Specific Safety Priorities

  1. Hazard profiling across care settings
  2. Infection prevention and control
  3. Managing environmental and facility hazards
  4. TEPHI Infection Prevention 103: Environment of Care
  5. Infection Prevention and Control 304: Healthcare Environments
  6. TEPHI Infection Prevention 104: Infection Prevention & Control Programs

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Analyse health and safety priorities for a specific health and social care setting.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse health and safety priorities for a specific health and social care setting.

Study materials

Videos

  • TEPHI Infection Prevention 103: Environment of Care · YouTube · Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute · 52 min · for registered students
  • Infection Prevention and Control 304: Healthcare Environments · YouTube · Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute · 71 min · for registered students
  • TEPHI Infection Prevention 104: Infection Prevention & Control Programs · YouTube · Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute · 61 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Health and safety in care homes (HSE, HSG220) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Infection prevention and control: resource for adult social care (UKHSA/DHSC) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Current and emerging OSH issues in the healthcare sector, including home and community care (EU-OSHA, 2014) · Reading · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks
  • Week 2: Management Responsibilities and Governance
  • Week 3: Setting-Specific Safety Priorities
  • Week 4: Principles of Risk Assessment
  • Week 5: Risk Assessment in Care Planning
  • Week 6: Policy Implementation and Operational Impact
  • Week 7: Individual Responsibilities and Accountability
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Monitoring and Audit Systems
  • Week 10: Cultivating a Positive Safety Culture
  • Week 11: Continuous Improvement and Policy Review
  • Week 12: Applying Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Settin…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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