Be able to handle hazardous substances and materials
Find and read your organisation’s policies and procedures for the storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Find and read your organisation’s policies and procedures for the storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials.
- ‘Working with substances hazardous to health: What you need to know about COSHH’ by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- ‘Hazardous substances’ webpage on the Health Working Lives website
- ‘COSHH frequently asked questions’ from the HSE
- ‘Safe disposal of waste (including sharps)’ from NHS Scotland
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click to read ‘Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)’ on the HSE website.
- Read sections 1 to 3 of the City and Guilds website on ‘Hazardous substances and Control of Hazardous Substances (COSHH)’.
- Read ‘Handling sharps in adult social care’ from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as sharps injuries are a well-known risk in the health and social care sector.
- All care settings should have a written policy for the safe disposal of surplus, unwanted or expired medicines. Read ‘Disposing of medicines’ from the CQC.
- The HSE has produced ‘Manual cleaning and disinfecting surfaces’.
- Read through this page on ‘Nursing home hazards’ from the Health and Safety Authority in Ireland.
- The Department of Health has produced ‘Environment and sustainability Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste’. Read the sections that are applicable to your role.
- Think And Challenge
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