HFESA Conference Workshop – Transforming your approach to investigating patient handling injuries: the PHIRES toolkit

In association with HFESA, the SIA invite you to participate in the following conference workshop titled: Transforming your approach to investigating patient handling injuries: the PHIRES toolkit

About the workshop:
Patient handling tasks continue to cause a significant number of injuries within Australian hospitals, despite a substantial investment in equipment, training and workspace design. This presentation will introduce a new investigation toolkit that has been developed to support this process, underpinned by systems thinking. The toolkit is designed to help OHS practitioners investigate why the risk controls for a patient handling task failed to prevent an injury to staff, and then identify effective strategies to prevent future similar injuries and improve safety overall.

During the workshop, you will discover:
• Why systems thinking is required to prevent patient handling injuries;
• How to use systems thinking to analyse patient handling injuries; and
• How to practically apply the PHIRES Toolkit in your workplace.