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Omaima Unit 39
P4: identify key aspects of legislation and guidelines relevant to the
prevention and control of infection in a health or social care setting
1. Management of Health and Safety at Work Act (amended 1994)
This law states how and what employers are expected to do to manage health and
safety which is the need to carry out risk assessments. The key aspect of this
legislation are risk assessments which is the process of recognizing hazards and
dangerous things that can cause harm, understand ways on how to eliminate the risk
and if it cannot be eliminated to find ways on how to control it.
For example, since there is Covid-19 circulating a nursery would be required to carry
infection control risk assessments. This means that they have to assess who will be
harmed such as children, staff and parents, what are the risks, how to prevent it by
the use of masks, bubbles and hand sanitizer, and then they will have to review the
assessment and update it.
2. The Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984
The main aspect of this law is that it gives the power to local authorities to protect
the health of the public through observation and action.
This means that if there is an outbreak of infection such as COVID-19 the local
authorities will use examination and identification to people suffering from the
infection, while also acting to control it with the help of lockdowns and isolations.
An example would be COVID-19 which is an infectious disease, if an outbreak
happens in a nursery where a staff suffers from the symptoms he will be asked to
follow the local authorities procedures such as testing and self-isolating for
approximately 10/14 days. The family and anyone who was in contact with the
worker should also self-isolate, while other people at the nursery who were not in
contact should follow local authorities rules such as social distancing and the use of
masks.
3. The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene)
This legislation promotes safety by setting basic hygiene requirements that settings
should follow.
The key aspect of this legislation is to keep the setting clean and the personal
hygiene for the staff members to prevent and control infections.
An example could be in the nursery where staff members are required to ensure that
all the floors and surfaces are clean and disinfected
The nursery assistants and staff who are placed with the children should properly
wash their hands and use gloves when giving the food to the children and when
changing nappies for their safety and preventing infections.
4. COSHH 2002
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COSHH is short for Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, which is the law that
necessitates workers to control substances that are dangerous to the health.
Some of the ways the Nursery could minimize the exposure to dangerous substances
is by carrying out risk assessments and providing the proper training to the workers.
For example , a worker uses PPE (a mask) that has already been used which makes
him vulnerable to catch an infection. The nursery is required to assess how the PPE
was used beforehand and by who. If the previous person who used the mask suffers
from COVID-19, the nursery needs to assess for how long the person was infected
and if any other person was exposed to the illness. Subsequently the nursery will
need to select what precautions are required to prevent and control the infection
such as asking the workers to isolate and disinfecting the nursery.
5. Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005
Waste can sometimes be considered dangerous as it can be a risk to health and
environment. The key aspect of this legislation is to control and track the dangerous
waste by placing a legal obligation to manufacturers of waste. For example, in a
nursery a baby suffers from norovirus, which is a bug that causes vomiting and
diarrhoea. The nursery after changing the baby’s nappies should not dispose it in the
normal waste bin but instead to dispose of it as a hazardous waste in the
appropriate bin in the changing areas. This will help control and prevent infections
from happening.
6. RIDDOR
This is Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
which the important aspect is that it gives responsibilities to workers to report
accidents, illnesses and dangerous incidents happening in the workplace.
For example, at the nursery an infection of MRSA (skin infection) happens which will
need to be reported to the manager and to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
under the RIDDOR legislation since MRSA is a hard infection to treat and can be life
threatening. Documents should also be filled explaining how the infection happened
with the appropriate description. With the help of this legislation there will be a
track of incidents related to work that will help prevent and control further future
infections.
7. Food Safety Act 1990
This law ensures that workers do not mislabel the food and that they serve the food
as the consumer would expect.
For instance in a nursery, the kitchen staff should not include or remove anything in
the food which can be harmful to the health of the children and staff eating it. Also
while cooking it is important to minimize contamination by using the appropriate
coloured cutting boards and tools.
This legislation main aspect is preparation while The Food Safety (General Food
Hygiene) is hygiene.
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