What makes a structured SPH programme? [9, 21-23]
- Top-down organizational leadership
- Supporting a culture of change
- Establishing a culture of safety
- ‘Bottom-up’ implementation
- Staff input
- Ergo-coaches
- Employee advocates
- Initial ergonomic assessment
- Estimation and evaluation of risk
- Assessment of work load, patient mobility level and environment
- Development of a SPH plan
- Cost justification
- Implementation plan
- Staffing requirements
- Development of a SPH policy from the above plan
- Develop an administrative structure
- Identification of policy ‘coaches’ or ‘champions’
- Staff education (at all levels)
- Equipment use – what is required
- Incorporate appropriate technology
- Patient education
- Plan for reporting injury
- Implementation
- Roll out
- Staff training and education at all levels
- Evaluation
- Process for evaluating outcomes and incorporating these into performance improvement programmes and processes
- Regular review and goal setting
- Cultural change
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