Presented by: Anne McMahon, Waitemata DHB and Moving and Handling Association of NZ at OHSIG 2014, Thursday 11/9/14, Limielight Room 1, 10.45am

1. Anne McMahon- Moving and
Handling Consultant
‘DHB’s and Beyond’

2. What is Moving & Handling?
• Multiple descriptions
• People vs. Materials
• Key elements
• Applied technology, science or art?
• Personal perspective

3. In the beginning……
• 1992 EU directives
• 2001 Manual Handling Guidelines- Code of Practice DoL & ACC
• 2003 Patient Handling Guidelines ACC
• 2005 Report to Evaluate the impact of the 2003 guidelines
• 2005 Waitemata District Health Board approached ACC to address programme
failure
• 2006 WDHB write and host pilot for training programme funded by ACC and
reported by University of Auckland

4. Pilot Aims
• To measure how well the training was
delivered
• To measure how well prepared the trainers
were to deliver
• To what extent was the programme
transferable to other DHB’s

5. Process
• Develop a trainer programme
• Design a learner schedule
• Evaluation of learning on the day then at 3
and 6 months
• Interview trainers
• Reflect on process with stakeholders

6. Outcomes
Start of
workshop
(n=87)*
End of
workshop
(n=109)*
Followup1
(3-4 months later)
(n=33)
Followup2
(6-8 months later)
(n=70)
Overall competence
using safe patient
handling 4.44 8.65 8.09 7.93

7. Outcomes
• Trainers satisfied with their programme
• Model transferable
• WDHB team reported as an expert group

8. Key components for transfer
1 Moving and Handling Consultant/Advisor/Co-ordinator
2 Trainer/Educator group
3 Adult education component for trainers
4 Training manual, documentation and core content
5 Learner programme
6 Appropriate learning environment
7 Access to equipment
8 Active support, promotion and enforcement by middle and senior
management

9. WDHB team

10. Training

11. M&H Consultant role
Training /
Content
development
Facility Design
Equipment
selection
provision and
maintenance
Manage
educator group
Policy and Risk
assessment.
Incident
investigation
Manual and
materials
handling
Evaluation &
Auditing

12. WDHB So Far
• Co-Author ‘Moving & Handling People: The New Zealand
Guidelines’ (ACC 2012)
• Published in American Journal of Safe Patient Handling
amongst others
• Significant Reduction in Staff Injury (costs and time)
attributed to M&H
• New Zealand based evidence
• Providing Training & Consultation
• Collaboration

13. WDHB Research
• Objective - To measure the satisfaction and
perspective of patients moved in WDHB
• Criteria - Must have been moved with Slide
Sheets and/or a Hoist
• Exclusion - Unable to participate in
interview

14. 100% Satisfaction in Hoisting

15. Slide Sheets may cause concern
if rushed

16. Collaboration and Consultation
• National and Regional DHB’s
• ACC
• HBL
• Taylors
• Equipment Providers
• Education Providers
• Private Care Providers

17. What’s Missing?
• Legislation, Ministry Directives, Funding &
Leverage
So we Decided to
• Develop a Forum (MHANZ)
• Seek Credentials (AUT Post-Grad Cert)
• Talk to you all!

19. MHANZ Current Committee

20. MHANZ so far
• New Website (www.mhanz.org.nz)
• Members Forum
• Regional Groups
• International Collaboration
• Events
• Education information

21. OUR LOVELY PATRON!

22. Michele A’Court
Want to experience this? Come to the falls retrieval workshop at 2.15

23. ‘Move it NZ’- Moving &
Handling from the Inside Out
• Next event 2015 Road show
• Seminar days around NZ
• Conference quality
• Low cost
• Aim - increase access by reducing common
problems of airfares, accommodation and
multiple days off