title: Patients help with manual handling.
abstract: Moruya Hospital on the NSW south coast has been taking its health and safety programs to the community in order to improve the public's understanding of safe practices and manual handling equipment use, and to enlist their co-operation. International Nurses' Day was used as an opportunity to meet with the community to promote health and safety.
authors.affiliation: NSW Nurses' Association.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Butrej
mesh_terms: D019567:Back Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*