Online CPD – COSHH Risk Assessment for the Dental Practice
For all dental professionals
This course will provide you with the knowledge you need to undertake a COSHH risk assessment and to classify different hazardous substances and how they cause harm to the body.
What you will learn from this CPD course
- The importance of COSHH risk assessments, The reasons for conducting COSHH risk assessments
- The main legislation relating to COSHH risk assessments.
- To identify and classify different forms of hazardous substances and how these substances affect the body to cause harm.
- To control risks from hazardous substances
- The factors to consider when assessing risks from exposure to hazardous substances.
- The hierarchy of controls in relation to hazardous substances.
- How to carry out a COSHH risk assessment in your practice.
- The stages of a COSHH risk assessment and the circumstances in which a COSHH risk assessment should be reviewed.
- Our duty to report under RIDDOR
- Which injuries diseases and dangerous occurrences are reportable under RIDDOR
- How they are reported and within which timescales.
- How they are recorded.
Our COSHH Risk Assessment CPD for the Dental Team is quality assured and specifically tailored to help you fulfil your enhanced CPD requirements set out by the GDC. It also meets the CQC regulations to ensure you and your practice are delivering the highest standard of dental care.
Who is the course suitable for?
Dentists
Dental Therapists
Dental Hygienists
Orthodontic Therapists
Clinical Dental Technicians
Dental nurses
Dental Technicians
And any other team members with a valid GDC number can benefit from this CPD course.
Great reasons to take this course
Why take the COSHH Risk Assessment Dental CPD course?
- Become an asset to your team by knowing your COSHH role and responsibilities and performing them well.
- You will gain the ability to carry out COSHH risk assessments in the dental practice.
- Boost your employability – Being up to date in COSHH is very appealing to potential employers
- Perform well in a CQC inspection when asked about COSHH and RIDDOR
- Feel reassured that you manage substances safely in accordance with COSHH
- Gain confidence that you can report injuries, diseases, and dangerous occurrences correctly in accordance with RIDDOR
Course modules
Module 1: The importance of COSHH risk assessments
In this section, you will develop your understanding of the reasons for conducting COSHH risk assessments and the main legislation relating to COSHH risk assessments.
Module 2: Types of hazardous substances
Upon completion of this section, you will be able to identify and classify different forms of hazardous substances and how these substances affect the body to cause harm.
Module 3: Controlling risks from hazardous substances
This section helps you to understand the factors to consider when assessing risks from exposure to hazardous substances, covering the hierarchy of controls in relation to hazardous substances.
Module 4: How a COSHH risk assessment is carried out
In this section, you will study the stages of a COSHH risk assessment and the circumstances in which a COSHH risk assessment should be reviewed.
Relevant Legislation
HSE Guidance on Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.
HSE guidance on: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013
GDC Principle Seven Maintain, develop and work within your professional knowledge and skills
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