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Author: Olga Menoni (Foundation IRCCS Cà Granda Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy) ,
Natale Battevi (Foundation IRCCS Cà Granda Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy) ,
Silvia Cairoli (Foundation IRCCS Cà Granda Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.332kg
ISBN: 9781482217186
ISBN 10: 148221718
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 18 September 2014
Audience:
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... provides an extensive and comprehensive description of the evidence-based MAPO INDEX that will allow not only trained ergonomists and biomechanists the ability to conduct a thorough patient handling risk assessment but many and varied healthcare professionals as well. ... the level of detail found in the text facilitates intervention implementation and maintenance successes. -Mary W. Matz MSPH, CPE, CSPHP, Patient Care Ergonomic Solutions, LLC The main strength of this book is its comprehensiveness in addressing the important problem of injuries suffered by health care workers due to manual patient handling. ... much more than a list of recommendations for safe patient handling but instead presents a system that any health care facility or institution can use to systematically assess their facilities and practices for patient handling and design improved systems for such activity. -Robert R. Fox Ph.D., CPE, Chair, US TAG to ISO TC159/SC3 Anthropometry and Biomechanics ... excellent, crisply written ... practical and accessible ... This is a really useful, meticulously detailed handbook for all those involved in the manual handling of people, with the overall purpose of reducing the number of MSDs among careers. - The RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal, January 2015 I found it easy to use, comprehensive, consistent and solution-focused and in my view its application deserves the attention of policymakers. - Occupational Medicine, June 2016
Author Information
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.
