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Changes discussed at AGM 2017 for ratification HERE

AGM and professional update day – May 5th: programme

Presentation Resources

TITLE	PRESENTER	LINK
Academic Courses in MHP and Ergonomics, Human Factors	Stephen Legg, Fiona Trevelyan	Massey undergraduate course OSH course at Massey New courses at Massey Ergonomics and Human Factors at AUT/Massey
Research Projects at Massey	Kristen Olsen – Introduction Hannale Lahti – International Guidelines Review NZ MH guidelines – provisional survey results, Mark Lidegaard	Introduction – Kristen Literature Review – Hannale Lahti Survey results – Mark
ACC: what we are doing – a focus on MHP	Vaseti Sopoaga
Worksafe Update	John Wallaart
Overcoming barriers to the implementation of MHP programmes – working group	Facilitated by Stephen Legg/Mark Lidegaard/Kristen Olsen	Last years working group summary (from Mark) View our thoughts View summary

TITLE	PRESENTER	LINK
Pressure Injuries, A National Strategy	Ros Poole	View Presentation

TITLE	PRESENTER	LINK
Handling the bariatric patient: Ergonomic issues	Kent Wilson	presentation
The ergonomics of patient handling	Kent Wilson	presentation
Is your patient at risk of falling?	Angela Greetham	presentation
Howard Wright Ltd	Sam Frame	presentation
Palliative Care	Eleanor Barrett	presentation
Facilitating Progressive Mobility	Guy Fragala	presentation
Ambulance Stretcher Transfers	Helen Habgood	presentation
Sling inspection and maintenance	Ram Rai	part 1 part 2 part 3

N.B. Some PowerPoints have had some photo’s or slides deleted by the Presenter to adhere to copyright.

TITLE	PRESENTER	LINK
Accountability – A journey down the yellow brick road	Laurette Wright	presentation
Challenging Realities of Home care MH for community workers	Claire Balfour	presentation
A hound dog challenge – evaluating safe MH	Laurette Wright	presentation
Managing the falling patient – a survey result	Louise Whitby	presentation

N.B. Some PowerPoints have had some photo’s or slides deleted by the Presenter to adhere to copyright.

Thank you to the authors for allowing us to publish articles here

TITLE	AUTHOR	LINK
Facilitating Repositioning in Bed	G. Fragala	not currently available
Repositioning Patients in Chairs – An Improved Method	G.Fragala & M.Fragala	view article
Sustaining Mobility Through Enhanced Bed Egress	G.Fragala & M.Fragala	View article online
Insight into Moving and Handling – an interview with Anne McMahon	Nursing Review	View article online
To sit or not to sit	Pierce, J; Legg, S	see article here
Interventions to reduce injuries when transferring patients: a critical review	Thomas (International journal of nursing studies)	view article
Guidelines for moving and handling people in homecare 2012	Thomas (copyright ACC)	view resource
Assessing the costs and benefits of moving and handling programmes	Thomas et al (ACC)	view resource