Manual Handling Healthcare: An Introduction
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Manual handling is the most prevalent cause of injury in a hospital environment. Most jobs involve some form of manual handling, so essentially all workers are at risk no matter how minimal they believe the work to be. This Manual Handling Healthcare Introduction course is an overview of manual handling in the healthcare industry and provides a range of procedures and techniques to reduce the risk of injury.
Once the course is completed you will have learned what is manual handling, the common causes of a manual handling injury, what is the balance circle and how it relates to safe lifting, correct lifting techniques, and the hazard management process in relation to manual handling. This course is one part of a 6-part Manual Handling Healthcare series aimed at clinical and non-clinical healthcare workers.
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See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Manual Handling Healthcare: An Introduction
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