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Maunal Handling Training Course
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Manual Handling Training Course. Module 1: The law as it relates to patient handling Part VI of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 1993 transposes EU Council Directive 90/269/EEC on the minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads into Irish Legislation. The regulation is titled the Manual Handling of Loads Regulation. The main requirements of the 1993 Manual Handling of Loads Regulation are that employers must: ?Make efforts to avoid manual handling activities that present a risk of injury, if possible. ? Where it is not possible to avoid the manual handling activity, an assessment of the manual handling activity must be carried out with reference to the factors identified in the Eight and Ninth Schedule to the regulations. ?? Efforts must then be made to reduce the risk of injury, particularly back injury, by applying appropriate control measures. ?? where possible the weight of the load being handled and...
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