Safe Manual Handling > Smart Move   Every year in New South Wales, approximately 17,000 people are seriously injured or suffer from illness related to manual handling activities, such as lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing, pulling, ho... more » Implementing a Safer Patient Handling Program   This Guide aims to assist organisations to implement a continuous improvement program and achieve better practice in the safe handling of patients. It also provides advice on how to assist compliance ... more » Publication Number - 4800 Manual Handling Competencies for Nurses   To assist nurses to integrate manual handling principles into nursing practice, the NSW Nurses’ Association was successful in obtaining WorkCover NSW Injury Prevention Education and Research Grants Sc... more » PDF Format -428 Kb Publication Number - 4215 Manual Handling Guide for Nurses   This Guide aims to assist nurse managers and those with supervisory responsibilities to implement a manual handling program. It is designed to assist managers regardless of the service setting and is ... more » Publication Number - 4799 Manual Handling Resource   This publication is a practical guide for putting in place a manual handling program. It was developed from the experience of a variety of organisations which showed that a specific program to reduce ... more » PDF Format -1,092 Kb Publication Number - 1306 Manual Handling methods in the Retail Seafood Industry Final Report   The WorkCover NSW Retail Industry Reference Group (IRG) formed the Seafood Industry Working Party to develop strategies to improve OHS in the NSW seafood industry. The aim of the project was to ident... more » PDF Format -260 Kb Publication Number - 4588 Manual Order Picking WorkCover's Expectations for Safe Work Practice: Guide 2006   The information in this guide is a result of a solutions workshop and offers practical solutions to every day problems faced by the industry.... more » PDF Format -113 Kb Publication Number - 1382 Manual Handling Training Package for Nurses   This Manual Handling Training Package for Nurses contains a series of four programs developed by nurses. It includes advice on patient risk assessment, risk management and leadership and change. Not... more » Publication Number - 4798

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