Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
This checklist provides guidance on the ergonomic design of a medication cart as this impacts patient and staff safety and health issues. The checklist is not a list of features, but rather a list of items that affect ease of use, safety, and effectiveness and reduce the chance of a medical error...
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
USA
LanguageEnglish
ProviderTriMedia Environmental & Engineering Firm
This website provides information (and a short film) about several interventions in the healthcare industry. Healthcare workers make diagnoses and prognoses all day long, but it isn’t always easy for them to recognize signs and symptoms of injury in themselves. Although hospitals and other...
Type Guides & Tools
Dánsko
LanguageDanish
ProviderIndustry community for the working environment for welfare and public administration
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...
Type Guides & Tools
Belgicko
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
This manual for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the early childhood care sector deals with the problem of musculoskeletal disorders in the early childhood care sector in the following aspects: the extent of the problem in the sector, risk factors and preventive measures (ergonomic...
Type Guides & Tools
Belgicko
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
This manual has three objectives: to know how the back works, to understand how it can deteriorate and to develop solutions adapted to the waste treatment sector.
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Belgicko
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
This guide on MSDs and hospital logistic staff covers what are MSDs, the risks and their prevention. It is illustrated with many photos and images showing real work situations, including good and bad practices and examples of exercises which can be done at work.
Type Guides & Tools
Belgicko
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
This manual has three objectives: to understand the functioning of the musculoskeletal system , to understand how it can deteriorate and to develop solutions adapted to the hospital sector. In particular, it offers many illustrations of the practical actions that hospital staff must take in their...
