TY - JOUR
T1 - International consensus on manual handling of people in the healthcare sector
T2 - Technical report ISO/TR 12296
AU - Hignett, S.
AU - Fray, M.
AU - Battevi, N.
AU - Occhipinti, E.
AU - Menoni, O.
AU - Tamminen-Peter, L.
AU - Waaijer, E.
AU - Knibbe, H.
AU - Jäger, M.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - In 1990 the European Union introduced a directive on manual handling in the health and social care industries. A review of the implementation in 2004 found a wide variation in official national guidance on patient handling. This paper reports the iterative development of a Technical Report (ISO/TR 12296) by the international standards Technical Committee ISO/TC 159, Ergonomics, Subcommittee SC 3, Anthropometry and Biomechanics representing 23 participating and 12 observing countries with expert support from the European Panel on Patient Handling Ergonomics. The process included 6 reviews over 3 years to produce a consensus document as a state of science summary. It has an overarching framework of risk management with sections on risk estimation and evaluation, organisational aspects, aids and equipment, buildings and the environment, staff training and education and intervention evaluation. Relevance to industry: This Technical Report provides an international consensus as a state of science summary about manual handling of people in the healthcare sector.
AB - In 1990 the European Union introduced a directive on manual handling in the health and social care industries. A review of the implementation in 2004 found a wide variation in official national guidance on patient handling. This paper reports the iterative development of a Technical Report (ISO/TR 12296) by the international standards Technical Committee ISO/TC 159, Ergonomics, Subcommittee SC 3, Anthropometry and Biomechanics representing 23 participating and 12 observing countries with expert support from the European Panel on Patient Handling Ergonomics. The process included 6 reviews over 3 years to produce a consensus document as a state of science summary. It has an overarching framework of risk management with sections on risk estimation and evaluation, organisational aspects, aids and equipment, buildings and the environment, staff training and education and intervention evaluation. Relevance to industry: This Technical Report provides an international consensus as a state of science summary about manual handling of people in the healthcare sector.
KW - Healthcare
KW - International Standard
KW - Manual handling
KW - Patient handling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ergon.2013.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ergon.2013.10.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84896696332
VL - 44
SP - 191
EP - 195
JO - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
JF - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
SN - 0169-8141
IS - 1
ER -