The purpose of this document is to promote reflection, present strategies facilitating the application, by nursing staff, of practices for preventing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), and propose ways of supporting the implementation of these strategies. The document is presented in the form of fact...

Poster showing with drawings the main basic aspects of the mobilisation of people, as well as mobilization techniques and technical aids to facilitate mobilisation and MSDs prevention.

This guide is a brief overview of what it means to be a transfer counsellor in the social and health field. It is intended as an introduction to new supervisors and employees. The workplaces in the field are very diverse and range from large hospitals to smaller institutions to the elderly care in...

This is an instrument to develop the practice of moving people at the workplace that focuses not just on specific techniques and technical aids, but on other aspects of the process and culture at the workplace, e.g. the attitude towards health, support from colleagues, understanding of cooperation...

This toolbox contains seven specific tools that can be used in the local MED / occupational health groups' work to prevent MSDs in municipalities, hospitals and regions.

On the occasion of the renovation of two of its workshops the Mercedes-Benz CTT plant in Molsheim, in the Bas-Rhin region, carried out an initiative to make its workstations safer, with the support of Carsat Alsace-Moselle, targeting in particular risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and those...