Essays on Precautions

A Summation Of The Safe Medical Devices Act

The SMDA Act is an act that sanctions the progressive reporting as well as tracking the regulations for the use of the medical devices. The medical devices defined under the Act involve the devices classified within the consent of the Medical Device Regulation Act. The Act is responsible for the mandate of reporting the requirements made by the manufacturers of medical devices. The requirements hold with regards to the safety events as well as the product efficiency of the said devices. Based on the Act, the devices are classified with a substantial equivalence to the class II medical devices ( ...

Proper communication skills are very important in our world. The reason, is because if an individual does not have efficient communication skills, then they may have a difficult time finding their place in the world as a result. This not only includes having proper communication skills at home, but also developing those skills at businesses and the workplace too. Now, while communication is a very essential skill to have for the real world, it also needs to be used properly within times of crisis as well. In fact, this is the best time to implement communication skills, because acting ...

Summary: APSIC Guide for prevention of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLASBI)

The recommendations provided for insertion are optimal site selection, hand hygiene, alcohol based chlorhexidine skin preparation and maximum barrier precautions (Ling et al 2016). It is important to know the proper catheter infection site because it can affect the risk of infection and phlebitis. It is preferred to use subclavian site for adult patients. Hand hygiene is also important because it provides protection before the catheter insertion and maintenance. There should be proper aesthetic technique. Alcohol based chlorhexhidine in skin preparation is the standard procedure used in central and peripheral venous catheters. Lastly, maximum barrier precautions must be done ...

Analysis of Incident Investigation Data for Causal Factors

Abstract Accidents may be caused by various conditions: the worker’s physical and psychological condition, safety rules control, overload at work, lack of manual to prevent accidents from happening. If the worker in poor physical condition, tired and incapable of thinking clearly, he should not be allowed to work any further for safety reasons, and those conditions of workers should be defined by the company’s safety control officers before letting him start the job. Giving overtime to workers also needs careful test of workers’ physical condition. Sometimes exploited may not be equipped with safety terms. Working with dangerous ...

Introduction

The Ebola virus has existed for centuries. Like all life forms and viruses, it has been changing and adapting since the beginning of time to survive. Despite this the disease did not make itself known until the twentieth century. However, once the virus revealed itself only three major outbreaks have occurred. There were two in 1976 and one which took started in 2014 (CDC, 2015). The latest outbreak has been the longest and worst, effecting numerous countries such as, Mali, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal in West Africa (CDC, 2015). This paper will look at the scientific aspects of the ...

Introduction:

Event management applies the use of the skills of project management to create and develop both small and large scale events that include a great deal of planning and logistics such as ceremonies, conferences, weddings, formal and informal parties among others. The field involves identifying the target audience, coming up with concepts that are related to the event and relating the technical aspects of the event beforehand. Event management is merged to serve as the marketing tool for the event being organized. In this case, event organizers devise the best methods they can employ to reach the target audience ...

Q.1 The elements of the plaintiff’s claim for damages against the hotel as the employer include loss of income/earnings or economic loss and pain and suffering. The complaint against the animal keepers as guests is a breach of the duty of care constituting negligence. Examples of animal diseases that one may contract as a result of being around or handling animals include zoonotic diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, arbovirus, and Campylobacteriosis. To avoid infection by these diseases, the care that one should include the use of personal protective equipment such as boot, aprons, overalls, goggles and gloves, ...

Introduction

Zika virus also termed as ZIKV is a known to have gained worldwide attention, especially in the USA, South East Asia, and Australia. The Zika belongs to the Flaviviridae family which comes under the genus Flavivirus (Wikan & Smith. 2016). The Zika virus is spread though day time mosquitoes belonging to the Aedes family. Some of the most common mosquitoes to contain and spread Zika include A. aegypti and A. albopictus. The name of Zika originated in 1947 where it was first isolated from the Zika forest in Uganda. Based on evidence, the Zika virus was associated with varying viral ...

1. In the case, both airlines upgraded to the same application, but approached the upgrade process differently. What were those differences and how much impact did they have on the outcome of the project? WestJet was the first airline to upgrade so it had a rocky time of it. While the shift to the new software occurred after winter when the airline had lighter loads, it still maintained the normal number passengers for each of its flights. It meant that the same number of people who needed to be on the website. Furthermore, they did not inform passengers about ...

Introduction

Occupational health and safety are associated with the safety, health, and welfare of employees who are engaged in work. It plays an important role in managing the company’s operations. The report addresses workplace hazards and provides information about the accidents and injuries occurred in the engineering industry. One of the main aims of the report is to indicate ways of mitigating the risk of loss. The purpose of this technical report is to demonstrate that the author has engineering knowledge, professional competence, and technical ability to carry out the essential research in detail about the health and safety ...

2A. Appraising Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Quantitative Study One source of bias during data collection is the use of self-report data (Polit & Beck 2012). Chivers et al. (2001) obtained data through the SF-36 and Beck depression inventory which required the patients to answer questionnaires. If they failed to give accurate answers, it would have affected the validity of the findings. The study design also allowed patients to receive other clinically appropriate treatments that were beyond the study protocol (Chivers et al. 2001). Additional treatments are confounding variables but their influence on the study outcomes was not estimated in the statistical analysis. This reduces confidence in ...

Complete each section below, using the spaces provided. See Assignment 2 and the Assignment 2 Fact Sheet for more information. Part One: Planning a website message (15 marks). Answer the following questions with full sentences:

The specific objective of the letter is to inform about the conditions, after actions, and future precautions/ measures to be taken. Also, it is informative to address the point of contact personnel if there is contact needed to accomplish said operations. 2. Who is your primary audience? The primary audience for this message is those concerned. The people are scheduled to use said areas ...

Even with cyber security systems and measures in place, company cannot think themselves safe, for there are always some loopholes or vulnerabilities left in the defense system. Their exploitation may affect companies in many ways, with impact making itself felt through reputational damage, the loss of delicate information, and expenditure associated with the deployment of additional cyber protection mechanisms. Companies incur heavy financial losses estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The US-based AWS Inc. is the company that should not deem itself as being invincible, as big companies are the first in line for a big-scale attack. To ...

Summary and Reflection

The speaker’s topics are focusing on occupational health and safety in general terms with various themes to focus on in the broad topic. Understanding the cause of a problem is the first step that will help prevent the occurrence of an injury or problem in the future. Pollution arising from smoke is hazardous to our bodies. Although the government has mandated and given authority to a body to ensure the citizens are safe, it is the responsibility and the duty of every individual at personal and home level to ensure their safety. Smooth co-existence in the society and ...

As a matter of fact and law, it is indeed true that to successfully bring a claim in negligence, the claimant has to prove on a balance of probabilities the existence of a duty of care, breach of that duty by the defendant and a resultant loss, harm or injury to them. This is known as "the three-part test" for negligence. In addition to these essential elements of the tort of negligence, no defenses should be applicable if a claim is to succeed. However, successfully proving the existence of these elements and getting remedies from courts is not a ...

v. Ocean City SEACRETS, INCORPORATED; Leighton W. Moore, Jr.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Top Four (4) Facts: Fact1: Ocean City Seacrets had put the necessary precautions to guard against customers’ injuries, especially diving, which is relevant to the case in question; the defendant exercised the duty of care. Reason fact is important: First off, it is clear that Ocean City Seacrets hosted many customers or rather invitees, the Mahons included; therefore, it owed them the duty of care. The necessary measures were taken to prevent guests from diving since the water was not suitable for diving. A total of nine ‘NO DIVING’ signs ...

Approximately 8 million healthcare workers in the U.S. are working in environments that place them at risk of exposure to hazardous drugs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). The risk to healthcare workers increases yearly as new non-antineoplastic pharmaceuticals are added to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s alert list of hazardous drugs (Connor, MacKenzie, DeBord, Trout & O’Callaghan, 2014). The addition of new hazardous drugs requires continually updating of procedures to prevent an increasing diverse range of potential exposures (Connor, et al., 2014). The purpose of this paper is to examine the study of ...

Part A:

Choose a manual handling task common to community services work, and based upon this, complete a risk assessment using the same questions as in the example. 1b. Briefly explain why you should record hazard identification according to workplace procedures. (Matrix Source: Govt. South Australia, Department of Education and Children's Services, Health and Safety Services.) 2b. Explain why you chose that category. (20-50 words) 3. Describe the negative impact upon the muscles of the body for the pictures with poor posture. (50-100 words) 4. Identify how the way we move our bodies when performing a manual handling task can reduce ...

According to Mittal, and Vikas (330), a business continuity plan is an outline that an enterprise develops about the core activities to undertake after an emergency or disastrous event happen to the organization. Let us take for instance when a company is faced with fire outbreak, the plan that it would write down to follow after the incident is a business continuity plan. It involves planning for the essential goods or services that the company can continue to offer for the market. It also sets up the departments that need to be operational as the company recovers towards the ...

Safety of the Airline Industry

The issue of safety in the airline industry is a major factor based on the federal aviation regulations. The safety precautions that the airline undertakes is critical in ensuring the safety of the passengers. The observation of the safety precautions is essential in having the people get the expected services. Evaluating the difference between the federal aviation regulations, specifically part 117 and 121 will be vital in assessing the effects of the precautionary measures taken in the management of safety issues while individuals are on board. Allowing operations of flights by medically approving the health of the people. With ...

SeaWorld has had a public relations crisis, after Dawn Brancheau a veteran trainer was killed by a whale, and this left the audience horrified during a lunchtime show. The company has had to halt the Shamu show held in Orlando theme park, San Diego, and San Antonio to address the death issue. In dealing with the accident, Dan Brown made a mistake by not correcting the Sheriff department who alleged that Brancheau by mistake fell into water, and he stated that he drowned while there was an attack from a killer whale. Social media will be very useful in ...

It is clear that quite often people have to take risks in their lives. In fact, it is possible to say that such risks usually pay off and they help people to change their lives for the better. As for me, the greatest risk that I took was the emigration to the USA. Thus, when I graduated from school I understood that I needed some change. Suddenly I realized that I wanted to change my whole life. I was totally ready for new adventures. Being an ambitious person, I decided that for me the best way to achieve success ...

Overview

The case follows the events that led to the unfortunate death of Whitney, a patient at a local hospital. Other main characters include Kelly (a visiting caregiver), Nathan (the unit director), Janice (an infections preventionist), Manuel (a third-year medical student), and Dena (an RN). In this case, the sentinel issue is the death of Whitney following an episode of untreated Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI). Whitney was undergoing treatment at the facility for appendicitis. Upon a successful appendectomy, the staff had her transferred to a recovery unit for an overnight stay. However, events following the stay led to an acquisition ...

Dear Citizens and Guests of the town! Being a Director for Health, it is my duty to inform you about all the threats and hazards you may confront during the time of the hurricanes and storms. Provided that the weather service is forecasting a hurricane on 28th of August which will be accompanied with a heavy rain and a strong wind every person need to know the safety rules of the behaviour during the stormy weather. There are several pre-hurricane actions that should be done before the bad weather. It means that each person has to take some precautions ...

The growing rates of obesity in U.S. are alarming. The unhealthy nutrition habits, inactive lifestyle and psychological disorders (because of insecure family conditions) all account for obesity. The warning against obesity is coming from as multiple sources including physicians, nutrition specialists, psychologists and educators. The broad concern about obesity is, if anything, attributed to effects obesity has on human health on short and long ranges. Three effects only of obesity are discussed, for current purposes, in more detail: diabetes, high blood pressure and heart attacks. Obesity causes diabetes. In a growing body of research, obesity is shown to increase ...

Background information

The advancement of information and technology has led to a significant revolution in the banking industry through the development of automated teller machines (ATM). These machines allows customers to carry out functions such as deposit of cash, withdrawal of money and securing statement of accounts. To access an ATM service, customers must have ATM cards. The respective financial institutions issue these payment cards to their customers to increase service efficiency and effectiveness (Narteh, 2013). Conventionally, customers could make long queues as they carry financial transactions from tellers. In today’s business world, ATM cards have made it possible to ...

Article Reviews of Crime Scenes with Nuclear and Biohazard Materials

Bruce Budowle, Steven E. Schutzer, James P. Burans, Douglas J. Beecher, Thomas A. Cebula,Ranajit Chakraborty, William T. Cobb, Jacqueline Fletcher, Martha L. Hale  Robert B. Harris, 2012 Oct; 72(10): 6431–6438

Abstract

Hazardous materials are handled carefully during a crime scene. The hazardous and biohazard materials can be deadly if not handled properly. The dangerous items are analyzed and made safe for disposal to ensure no explosions occur during the clean-up process of the crime scene.

Introduction

The main point of this article is to discuss the proper safety of hazardous materials at crimes scenes. “The proper disposal ...

Introduction

The Occupational Health and Safety laws provide guidelines of creating and maintaining healthy and safe work environments . The construction industry comprises of multifaceted work settings where a wide arrange of employees, hazards, jobs and activities take place. In such a sector, a mode of health precaution and safety guidelines should be provided and in Canada the OHS takes care of that. Canada is under the ownership of Alberta Government and is protected by law. Recently, a construction worker got killed in Ottawa by a big piece of ice at a deep construction site. This piece of ice was from ...