This general brochure for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) has been developed to meet the need for a comprehensive information tool on the risk of MSDs. This guide has three main objectives: to know how the musculoskeletal system works, to understand how it can deteriorate and to propose appropriate solutions to avoid developing MSDs.

 

This manual has three objectives: to understand how the musculoskeletal system works, to understand how it can deteriorate and to develop solutions adapted to the hotel and catering sector. In particular, it offers many illustrations of the good practical actions to be carried out by the staff of the hotel and catering sector in their daily work practice.

 

These three booklets "Helping the backs of caregivers" are practical tools to enable home helpers, in collaboration with their beneficiaries, to improve their working conditions.  They consist of a risk assessment sheet, a sheet reviewing the equipment needed for back-friendly work, and a third sheet drawing attention to possible adaptations that can be made in the beneficiaries' homes to protect the backs of caregivers.

 

This campaign website provides essential information and raises awareness of MSDs in a practical and fun way (guide, film, set of cards answering questions about MSDs, links to other publications).