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Health and safety
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does COSHH stand for? | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health |
| What does COSHH regulations concern? | Risk Assessments |
| What regulation oversees risk assessments? | COSHH |
| What does the first H stand for in COSHH | Hazardous |
| How many stages is there of a risk assessment | 3 |
| What are the 3 stages of a risk assessment? | 1. Identify the risk 2. Identify who's at risk 3. How to avoid or minimise the risk |
| What does RIDDOR stand for? | Reporting of injuries, disease and dangerous occurrences regulation |
| What do the two D's stand for in RIDDOR | Disease and dangerous |
| What does the R stand for in RIDDOR | Reporting |
| What does HSE stand for? | Health and safety Executive |
| What is regulated by the HSE | Health and safety |
| 4 incidents that should be reported to the HSE under RIDDOR | 1.Bone fracture 2. Contracting hep B or C 3. Surgery fire 4. Explosion of pressure vessel |
| What are two incidents not covered under RIDDOR or reported to the HSE? | 1. Patient tripping up 2. Burn from autoclave 3. needle stick injury |
| What regulation is concerned with the disposal of waste | Environmental protection Act |
| What is the Environmental protection Act concerned with? | disposal of waste |
| What Scottish agency is responsible for the regulations concerned with disposal of special waste? | SEPA |
| What regulation is concerned with disposal of special waste? | SEPA |
| What does SEPA stand for? | Scottish Environment protection agency |
| What is the HSE responsible for enforcing? | Health and safety at work Act 1974 |
| Who's responsible for enforcing the health and safety at work act 1974 legislation | HSE |
| Whats the year of the health and safety at work act | 1974 |
| What are the employees responsible for under the Health and safety at work Act 1974? | 1. responsible for themselves and to take reasonable care to protect others 2. Follow workplace protocols and policies 3.Use equipment provided for their safety properly 4. Inform their employer if they identify any hazards |
| What does hazard mean? | Something with potential to cause harm |
| what does risk mean? | The likelihood of potential harm |
| What does control mean? | Which hazards and risks are identified, eliminated or reduced to acceptable levels |
| How should acid/etch be stored and handled? | away from direct heat and in a cool, dry, dark area. should be handled wearing PPE and with care |
| How should ethyl chloride be stored and handled? | Away from direct heat in a cool dry dark area and handled wearing PPE and with care |
| Who in the dental Surgery is covered by the Health and Safety at work act 1974? | Employer and employees as well as patients/visitors |
| Where does the health and safety at work act 1974 apply to? | Hospital departments, community clinics and practices with 5 or more employees |
| 3 hazards associated with working withing the dental environment? | 1. Radiation 2. Blood/cross infection 3. Mercury |
| 2 ways to store equipment safely and securely? | 1. Locked cupboard 2. In original packaging |
| Risk associated with frayed electrical cables | Electrical Shock |
| Risk associated with windows that can't be opened? | Lack of ventilation and fire risk |
| Risk associated with wet floor | slip or fall |
| Risk associated with the Bunsen burner? | Burns |
| List 4 items that can be used to deal with a SMALL spillage of mercury? | 1. disposable syringe 2. Brush and shovel 3. alloy wool 4. sealed container |
| Who should be informed if there is a LARGE mercury spillage? | HSE (Health and Safety Executive) |
| After reporting to your manager state 2 further actions taken when a minor mercury spillage has occurred? | 1. Evacuate patient and increase ventilation by opening windows 2. use brush to move globules of mercury together to form one large pool. 3.Aspirate the mercury into the disposable syringe and dispense it into a container |
| What colour steam does amalgam capsules dispose in? | Red (special waste) |
| What colour do sharps/burs get disposed in? | Yellow (clinical waste) |
| What steam goes to landfill after heat disinfection? | Orange stream (clinical waste) |
| Which steam of waste is disposed of by specialist incineration? | Yellow (clinical waste) |
| Where does red waste go? | Recovery |
| Clinical waste bags cant be more than full or heavy? | cant be heavier than 4kg or 3/4 full |
| What 3 incidents should be recorded in the accident book? | 1. burns 2.fall 3. needlestick injury |
| 3 details that must be included in the accident book? | 1. date and time of incident 2. details of injury 3. action taken/name of person completing accident book |
| what stream is low risk and what stream is high risk? | low - orange high - yellow |
| 3 security measures the practice has in place to protect staff and patients? | 1. CCTV 2.Zero tolerance policy 3. buzzer entrance |
| hazards associated with etch/acid? | corrosive, irritation, harmful |
| hazards associated with mercury? | Toxic, harmful to environment |
| how would you prevent and eye injury in surgey? | wear goggles or a visor |
| how would you prevent a needlestick injury? | safe handling and disposal of sharps |
| how to prevent heavy lifting? | Divide loads and ask for assistance or use correct lifting techniques |
| What is the most common way a chemical enters the body? | Inhalation but can be absorbed through skin into the bloodstream or accidentally swallowed |
| What form can hazardous substances take? | solids, liquids, gases, fumes, dust or biological agents |
| Why is the environmental protection act 1990 important? | Designed to prevent damage or degradation to our environment |
| As waste producers what is the dental team responsible for? | ensuring waste is correctly segregated at source, packaged, lab labelled, stored, transported and disposed of according to legal requirements |
| What is the employers duty in terms of the environmental protection act 1990? | To ensure waste is safely and legally managed at all stages from its production to its final disposal |
| Why is the environmental protection act important? | Designed to prevent damage or degradation to out environment |
| How long does the practice need to keep record of all waste movements for? | 2 years |
| what is included in this note regarding the movement of waste? | must include full description of waste |
| What is the main occupational hazard from mercury? | inhalation and contact with skin |
| Whats contained in a mercury spillage kit? | 1x jar of micro-fined sulphur powder (20kg) 1x jar calcium hydroxide 1x empty (waste) jar 1x plastic scoop 1x brush 1x 10ml syringe 1x pair of disposable nitrile gloves and mask instruction leaflet alloy wool |
| State one hazard associated with the following: Acid/etch Mercury | acid/etch - corrosive, irritant or harmful mercury - toxic, harmful to the environment |
| 4 details that should be included in the accident book? | date and time of incident details of injury action taken name of person completing accident book |
| what further action should be taken following a mercury spillage in surgery? | 1 - Evacuate patient and increase ventilation by opening a window 2 - using brush, moved the globules of mercury together to form one large pool. 3 - aspirate the mercury into the disposable syringe and dispense into a container |
| 4 items used to deal with a small mercury spillage? | 1 - disposable syringe 2 - brush and shovel 3 - alloy wool 4 - sealed container |
| who should be informed of large mercury spillages? | HSE (Health and Safety Executive) |
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