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International consensus on manual handling of people in the healthcare sector: Technical Report ISO/TR 12296
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posted on 2014-08-13, 13:49 authored by Sue HignettSue Hignett, Michael FrayMichael Fray, Natale Battevi, Enrico Occhipinti, Olga Menoni, Leena Tamminen-Peter, Elly Waaijer, Hanneke Knibbe, Matthias JagerIn 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.
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Published in
International Journal of Industrial ErgonomicsVolume
44Issue
1Pages
p191 - 195 (5)Citation
HIGNETT, S. ... (et al.), 2014. International consensus on manual handling of people in the healthcare sector: Technical Report ISO/TR 12296. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 44 (1), pp. 191-195.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2014ISSN
0169-8141Publisher version
Language
- en