The following guidance describes methods to help employers control risks to employees who move people in care or for treatment.
People in care have different degrees of mobility and ways of moving. It may be necessary to alter the techniques or methods in this guidance.
Employers should ensure care plans are updated to reflect the best way to move individuals. They should regularly communicate care plans to all employees directly responsible for care.
Employers must provide employees with the information, instruction and training needed to enable them to do their work in a way that is safe and without risks to health. This includes for the methods to control risks from hazardous manual handling described in this guidance.
Employees include:
Guidance explaining how moving and handling people is hazardous manual handling. It is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
Legal duties when moving people at workplaces, such as in the healthcare and social assistance industries. This guidance includes information for employers, employees, designers, manufacturers and suppliers.
How leadership and culture can help to control risks of musculoskeletal disorders. The guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How employers may control risks to employees who handle and move people. This includes in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
Factors to consider and actions to take before employees move and handle people. The guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving a person up and down in bed by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from sitting a person up in bed or to a seated bedside position by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from turning, rolling and repositioning a person in bed by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from lifting, holding and repositioning a person’s limb by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving a person between a bed and a chair by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving a person from one seat to another by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from walking with a person by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving a supine person between pieces of furniture – such as a bed and trolley – by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving a person in a wheelchair by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving a person between a wheelchair and a vehicle by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving an unconscious person from a seated position to a lying position on the floor or bed by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees from moving people off the floor after a fall by using general OHS information and equipment recommended for best practice. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
How to control risks to employees when moving portable mechanical aids and assistive devices.
Action to take after handling and moving a person. This guidance is for employers at workplaces where people are moved, including in the healthcare and social assistance industries.
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