our true story - update training, auditing and beyond

Our True Story –Update Training, Auditing and Beyond

Sian GauntMoving & Handling Educator

Moving & Handling TrainingWhy Bother?

Moving & Handling Injury Costs for WDHB

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$50,000.00

$100,000.00

$150,000.00

$200,000.00

$250,000.00

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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Moving & Handling TrainingWhy Bother?

Days lost due to 'Patient Handling Incidents'

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Moving & Handling

Training

Funding & Budgeting

Facility Design

Equipment selection provision

and maintenanc

e

Risk assessment

Policy

Evaluation & Auditing

The beginning

TodayNorth Shore Hospital Waitakere Hospital

TIP #1Be participant led

1. Feedback and changes drive 2 topics for everyone

2. Participants to choose other topics to cover

3. Relate learning to their work (check register for clinical areas)

TIP#2There’s more than one way to

teach the lunge… and you will need them all!

TIP#3 Audit clinical areas &

share the findings

‘What gets measured gets done’

Share the findings

ward 1 ward 2 ward 3 ward 4 ward 5 ward 6 ward 7 ward 8 ward 90%

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Audit 1Audit 2Audit 3

Our Successes

Our Future

“The hardest part of any big project is to begin”

Sir Peter Blake