Ergonomics. Manual handling of people in the healthcare sector
Ergonomics. Manual handling of people in the healthcare sector
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What is ISO/TR 12296 - Manual handling of people in the healthcare sector a bout?
ISO/TR 12296 is an international standard on ergonomics that discusses the manual handling of people in the healthcare sector to ensure protection to patients from the pain and suffering that come with MSD. ISO/TR 12296 provides guidance for assessing the problems and risks associated with manual patient handling in the healthcare sector, and for identifying and applying ergonomic strategies and solutions to those problems and risks. ISO/TR 12296 main goals are
To improve caregivers' working conditions by decreasing biomechanical overload risk, thus limiting work-related illness and injury, as well as the consequent costs and absenteeism, and
Mentioned in the description and other PD standards
