title: [The application of Title V of Legislative Decree 626/94 to the hospital care environment: a new model of approach to the prevention and safety in work environments service].
abstract: The paper reports the results of a study carried out by a Prevention and Safety of Working Environments Service in checking the application of Law 626/94, especially Chapter V, in hospital environments. Via the study it was possible to identify the risks due to manual handling of patients and therefore to manage compliance with the requirements and obligations of the said Law, as regards health surveillance of exposed subjects (programme to ascertain specific job fitness) and development of plans aimed at reducing the specific risks. The project proposed by the EPM Research Unit was submitted to the health administrations via the control service (Prevention and Safety in Working Environments Service) with the aim of experimenting a new method of assessment of risk due to patient handling. In this context, the control service combined enforcement with a more influential role of safety consultant, thereby playing a more modern role of encouraging employers to undertake preventive measures, alongside the traditional role of safeguarding workers' health.
authors.affiliation: Azienda Sanitaria Locale della Provincia di Milano 2, Dipartimento di Prevenzione, Servizio di Prevenzione e Sicurezza negli Ambienti di Lavoro (SPSAL), Gorgonzola.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cairoli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lorigiola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Canavicchio
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D017770:Lifting / Q000009:adverse effects; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Applicazione del titolo V del D.lgs. 626/94 in ambito ospedaliero assistenziale: un nuovo modello di approccio del servizio di prevenzione e sicurezza negli ambienti di lavoro.