The focus of this course is to use OSHA’s Ergonomics Guidelines for Nursing Homes to develop a process to protect workers in nursing homes. The course will focus on analyzing and identifying ergonomic problems jobs and practical solutions to address these problems. Featured topics include: developing an ergonomics process; risk factors in the nursing home guidelines: identifying problem jobs including protocols for resident assessment; and implementing solutions including work practices and engineering solutions.

The target audience is the nursing home or other healthcare facility administrator and/or human resource personnel designated with the responsibility to develop an ergonomics process.