Lesson 3: Practice Occupational Health and Safety

Procedures

Schedule: Monday and Tuesday, 7:30-9:30 am Time Frame: 1 week

OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

 Identify hazards and risks

 Determine hazard and risks indicators in the workplace
 Determine the effects of hazards

What Do You Already Know?

Nursing home and day care institution services are of great value to everyone. As such,
owners of these establishments are highly reliant on their staff, particularly the caregivers,
for the delivery of safe, efficient and responsive service. It is, therefore, the responsibility
of the management to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. Every caregiver, on
the other hand, should also take part in determining the hazards and risks in the
workplace in the attainment of a conducive organizational climate within the nursing
home or day care he/she is working for.

Pre – Assessment

 To find out how much you know about the lesson answer “Pretest A. Matching type” on
your text book on pages 51 – 52.

Direction: match column A with column B. write the letter of your answer in the blank
before each number. Write you answer on the Answer sheet given at the third (3rd) page of
this module.

What Do You Need to Know?

Words for Study

To know more and study the meanings of the words see page 52 – 53 on your text book, to understand
the lesson well.

HAZARDS AND RISKS

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  Hazard is anything that may cause harm to an individual, such as chemicals, electricity,
open drawers, and inadequate ventilation.

 Risk is the possibility that somebody could be harmed by these and other hazards and the
indication of how serious the harm can be.

Occupational Health and Safety

 Occupational Health and Safety is the campaign and maintenance of the well-being of workers
in every occupation. It talks about providing a safe working environment to achieve an injury-
free workplace and a healthy atmosphere that protects every worker against illness. As an
effect, it may also protect co-workers, family members, clients, and other members of the
community who are affected by the workplace environment.

For more understanding of the lesson read (IV. Read and Learn) of your text book.

 Objectives of Occupation Health and Safety (pg. 53)

 Sample Hazard in Nursing Homes and Hospitals (pg. 53 – 56)
 Controlling Hazards and Risks (pg. 56)
 Health and Safety practices in Caregiving (pg. 58)

Recognizing Hazards and Risks in the Workplace

 Hazards and risks vary from one workplace to another. Even in day care or nursing homes
where work routines may be the same, hazards will differ depending on the type of building
the establishment is situated, and the attitudes of caregivers, clients, or employers.

 The good news is hazards and risks can be prevented! However, before thinking about what
control measures are needed, first a caregiver has to know whether there are health and safety
problems in his/her workplace. So, how can someone identify the hazards in the workplace?
The following are some ways for a caregiver to determine health and safety problems:

1. A caregiver should observe the workplace.

2. A caregiver may examine complaints from his/her co-workers.
3. A caregiver should check accident records.
4. A caregiver should examine chart on results of inspections done by the employers or
private organizations.
5. A caregiver may use checklists and inspect the workplace.
6. A caregiver may study reports or any other vital information about the nursing home.

 The summarization of this lesson, see and read “Remember These” on pg. 58 of your textbook

Note: All the activities are separated and given at the third ( 3rd ) page of this module called “Activity
Sheet”. Only this “Activity Sheet” will return or submit to your teacher or in the school.

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 Activity Sheet

Pre – Assessment “Matching Type”

Direction: write down your answer in the box given below. “Answers only!”

________ 1. ________ 5. ________ 9.

________ 2. ________ 6. ________ 10.
________ 3. ________ 7.
________ 4. ________ 8.

How Much Have You Learned?

Show that you learned something by doing this activity

Activity 1

Directions: Watch these videos by following the links that follow. Then, answer
the questions direct to the point. Write your answers on a sheet of paper. Use
additional sheet if necessary.

A. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWSPIHGiuFs&feature=related

1. What is the video all about?

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2. Have you seen any hazard or risk in the video? What are these?
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3. Do you believe the caregiver handled her task well as seen in the video?
Defend your answer.
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B. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvldyOyv--0

1. What does the video tell about the potential threats of chemotherapy drugs to health care
workers?
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2. What will be the role of a caregiver or a health care worker in this type of
possible hazard?
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How do you apply what you have learned?

Performance Task (individual)

1. Create a video, demonstrating proper hand washing in doing caregiving activity.

Note: Be guided in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQpJafaWj0

Let’s test ourselves

Assessment
I. Directions: Write True, if the statement is correct, or False, if it is incorrect.

___________ 1. Too much bending and reaching is an example of physical hazard.

___________ 2. Psychological hazards happen when a worker’s environment

becomes stressful.

___________ 3. Observing the nursing home environment is one of the ways in

determining health problems in the workplace.

___________ 4. Accidents happen because people are not mindful of their environment.
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 ___________ 5. Too much lifting of heavy loads does not result in injury.

II. Directions: Determine the type of hazard a worker is exposed to based on the
description given in each item. Unscramble the letter by placing the correct letter
sequence in the shaded boxes to come up with the correct answer for each number.

1. repetitive and forceful movements

R O G I M C E N O

2. spillages of toxic materials

H A L E C M C I

3. bacteria and viruses

L O B G I I O C L A

4. twisted extension cords

H I Y S C A P L

5. stress from night shifts

P C O S Y H O L A G I C L

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