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INTRODUCTION The Heads of Workplace Safety Authority (HWSA) initiated a national intervention and compliance campaign in 2008 called ‘The Safe Steps – Manual Handling, Slips and Trips in Hospitals Campaign’. It recommended a national focus for central sterilising supply departments (CSSDs), to ensure implementation of control measures that reduce the risks associated with manual tasks. It also recommended that particular attention be paid to the design of containers, handling of loan sets, use of lifting equipment, work area design, psychosocial issues, and liaison with equipment suppliers and building designers. As a result of these recommendations, WorkCover NSW formed a national working party and undertook further research, which included state-wide inspections of CSSDs, courier services and surgical equipment suppliers. The inspections found that the transport and handling of road cases, tubs and surgical instrument trays presented a significant risk, with serious implications across these industry sectors. This guide provides practical guidance for designers, manufacturers, suppliers, couriers and users of surgical instrument set transport cases, and outlines their obligations with regard to the transport and handling of the cases and their contents. An industrial design expert was engaged to design a transport case that, when used in conjunction with this guide, would assist with national work health and safety legislative compliance. You are invited to join in this discussion by adding your comments to this document by submitting a comment to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The draft document is downloadable here  comment #1 downloadable here |
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