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Books produced by BackCare
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If you wish to purchase any of the undermentioned titles in
the USA through our Authorised Dealer, please
Click Here
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The Guide to the Handling of People - 2005 (5th Edition)
A definitive guide for all managers and staff involved in patient handling. Often referred to as
the ‘Nurses Bible’, it is in line with the Royal College of Nursing’s code of practice for ‘a safer
patient handling policy’. Covers legislation, risk assessment, ergonomics, competence and much more!
(Included in "Special Offer" see below)
ISBN 0-9530582-9-8
For information on bulk rates
please click on this link or
email
(overseas postage will be calculated at checkout)
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Safer Handling of People in the Community
The essential handbook for professional carers and their managers, working in community
settings. Designed to help decrease the risk of back injury when working in someone's home or
a residential care home, this is a comprehensive guide to handling techniques, risk assessment.
(This book post free in the UK only, for US sales please contact our
Authorised Dealer)
(Included in "Special Offer" see below)
ISBN 0-9530582-7-1
(Discount available on bulk orders -
email).
(overseas postage will be calculated at checkout)
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A Carer's Guide to Safer Moving and Handling
of patients.
A pocket-sized booklet with helpful diagrams for carers looking after someone in their own home.
Considers the complexities of lifting and moving people in the home, without damaging the carer’s back.
(Included in "Special Offer" see below)
ISBN 0-9530582-6-3
(Discount available on bulk orders -
email).
(overseas postage will be calculated at checkout)
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Special Offer
If you buy:
The Guide to the Handling of People - 2005 (5th Edition)
and
Carer's Guide to Safer Moving and Handling of Patients
you will receive a free copy of :
Safer Handling of People in the Community
(This offer is available in the UK only)
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Back Care at Work: An ergonomic guide to manual handling.
This book is aimed at anyone who has to lift, move, carry or store objects. It should be
particularly useful to employers, managers, supervisors, health & safety representatives
and those responsible for workplace risk assessments or those training others in manual
handling. Written by an ergonomist and reviewed by the Health and Safety Executive and
Institute of Occupational Medicine, it is in line with the latest evidence-based research on
manual handling.
ISBN 0-9530582-8-X
(Discount available on bulk orders -
email).
(overseas postage will be calculated at checkout)
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The Handling of Patients, 4th edition (Revised) 1998.
This edition is now superseded by the fifth edition
(see above).
ISBN 0-9530582-5-5
£15.00 (plus £4.00 p&p) within
UK, overseas shipping calculated at point of sale)
(Discount available on bulk orders-
email)
(overseas postage will be calculated at checkout)
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File last modified 14 February 2008
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