Patient Handling in the Healthcare Sector: A Guide for Risk Management with MAPO Methodology (Movement and Assistance of Hospital Patients)

Hospital staff and caregivers are regularly exposed to biomechanical overload risk, particularly at spine and shoulder level a risk factor that will continue to rise with the progressive aging of the population. Patient Handling in the Healthcare Sector: A Guide for Risk Management with MAPO Methodology (Movement and Assistance of Hospital Patients) details the analysis of patient handling risk using the MAPO method in different areas of healthcare and helps you develop strategies to mitigate them.

Focusing on the organization of work, this approach gives you the tools to:

Rapidly analyse the problem
Rapidly identify solutions
Effectively monitor the results of preventive actions

One of the special features of this approach is that it employs tools that allow you to allocate financial resources to estimate what investments are needed to achieve specific results. This means taking the decision-making process out of the hands of ergonomics experts and putting it into those of healthcare facility administrators.

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.