Patient Handling in the Healthcare Sector

This book is a practical guide to the analysis of patient handling risk using the MAPO method in different areas of healthcare. It includes special chapters devoted to procedures to define specific preventive plans and procedures. It shows how to perform a task of patient handling and provides all of the needed information (how to evaluate the patient, such as what type of lifting aides are appropriate, how to use them, etc...) to reduce biomechanical overload risk.

Olga Menoni - Degree in Occupational physiotherapy in 1979. Ergonomist from 2000. Senior Researcher of EPM (Ergonomics of Posture and Movement) Research Unit as a result of an agreement of Milan University, Policlinico Foundation and Don Gnocchi Foundation. Professor in Science of Prevention, University of Milan. Professor in more than 100 training courses for occupational physician/technicians of prevention for management of patient lifting. Author of more than 50 papers and handbooks, in Italian and English, on occupational health, ergonomics issues, with special focus on prevention of work related musculoskeletal disorders in Hospital and for manual patient handling. Natale Battevi - Degree in Medicine 1978. Postgraduate School in Occupational Health in 1982 and Health Statistics in 1989. From 1997 to 2012 has worked with CEMOC - Ergonomics Section - CLINICA DEL LAVORO at Foundation Ca' Granda Policlinico- Milan (Italy). Since 1997 has been an integral part of the Research Unit EPM (Ergonomics of Posture and Movement) as a result of an agreement of Milan University, Policlinico Foundation and Don Gnocchi Foundation. Active in CEN and ISO international standards of ergonomics. Ergonomics consultant in many National Companies and for National Health Services. Professor in Science of Prevention, University of Milan. Author of numerous papers and handbooks, in Italian and English, on occupational health, ergonomics issues, with special focus on prevention of work related musculoskeletal disorders. Silvia Cairoli - Degree in Medicine 1988. Postgraduate School in Occupational Health in 1992. From 1999 to 2012 has worked with CEMOC - Ergonomics Section - CLINICA DEL LAVORO at Foundation Ca' Granda Policlinico- Milan (Italy). Since 1999 has been an integral part of the Research Unit EPM (Ergonomics of Posture and Movement) as a result of an agreement of Milan University, Policlinico Foundation and Don Gnocchi Foundation. Ergonomics consultant for National Health Services. Author of numerous papers and handbooks, in Italian, on occupational health, ergonomics issues, with special focus on prevention of work related musculoskeletal disorders.

Introduction: A Brief History of the MAPO Index Equation and Relationship with a Specific Preventive Plan. A Review of Work-Related MSDs in Caregivers. Manual Handling in the Healthcare Sector: The International Approach to Risk Assessment. Manual Patient-Handling Risks: Occupational Biomechanics (Biomechanical Hazards of Manual Patient Handling). Methods and Criteria for Analyzing Manual Patient Handling by Healthcare Workers. MAPO Index Validation: Studies on the Association with WMSDs. Analysis of Patient-Handling Tasks in Operating Rooms. Analysis of Outpatient Services and Day Hospital. Emergency Department: Setting Up Preventive Strategies for Manual Patient Handling. Procedures and Tools for Choosing Adequate Equipment. Definition and Management of Preventive Planning. Examples of Manual Patient-Handling Risk Assessment in Various Wards. References. Index.