Provincial Workplace Safety & Health Working Group

The Provincial Workplace Safety & Health working group’s objectives are to:

  • Facilitate and support consistency and collaboration of Workplace Safety and Health programming and practices across the Manitoba healthcare sector.
  • Provide a structure that identifies, encourages and facilitates Workplace Safety and Health initiatives which assist in the achievement of provincial priorities and goals.
  • Create a vehicle for the development of provincially standardized policies, procedures, training, and resources.
  • Identify strategic projects and priorities that will further the achievement of provincial priorities and goals.

Safe Work Procedures – Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention

Safe Work ProcedureVideo
Air assisted device lateral transferN/A
Assisting a falling patient from standingAssisted Fall from Standing video
Assist overhead lift transferOverhead Lift Transfer – Transfer Sling video
Assist with stand assist frame (e.g. Sara Steady)Stand Assist Frame
Bed repositioning with bed sheet slider systemBed Sheet Slider System – Bed Repositioning & Turning video
Bed repositioning with slider sheetsSlider Sheets – Bed Repositioning & Turning video
Emergency evacuation – transfer bed to floorN/A
Fall recovery from floor – total mechanical assist, no injuryFall Recovery Total Assist video
Floor lift transferMechanical Total Floor Lift Transfer video
Full manual assist recovery from fall to floor, significant injury sustainedN/A
Inserting and removing slidersSlider Sheets – Insertion & Removal video
Lateral transfer with full length slider sheetsN/A
Lateral transfer with rollerboardN/A
Log roll for spinal precautions on bed or stretcherN/A
One person assist to lie sit / sit to lieLie to Sit video
1 or 2 minimal assist with transfer beltTransfer Belt 1 and 2 Person Assist video
Portable ceiling lift set up / room to room transferOverhead Lift Transfer – Transfer Sling video
Repositioning slingOverhead Lift Repositioning Sling video
Supervised recovery from floorSupervised Recovery From Floor video
Transfer chair to floorN/A
Turn with bed sheet slider systemBed Sheet Slider System – Bed Repositioning & Turning video
Turn with full length slidersSlider Sheets – Bed Repositioning & Turning video
Two assist mechanical sit to stand transferMechanical Sit to Stand Transfer video
Two person assist to sit / sit to lieLie to Sit video
Two person seated sling insertion/removal chairSling Insertions video

Contact
For more information, please email OESH@wrha.mb.ca.

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