International consensus on manual handling of people in the healthcare sector: Technical Report ISO/TR 12296

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 1...

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Main Authors: Sue Hignett, Michael Fray, Natale Battevi, Enrico Occhipinti, Olga Menoni, Leena Tamminen-Peter, Elly Waaijer, Hanneke Knibbe, Matthias Jager
Format: Default Article
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Design not elsewhere classified
Ergonomics
Manual handling
Human factors
International standards
Hospitals
Patients
Healthcare
Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15526
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