The world of health care and the directives 626/94-242/96 on safety and health in the workplace. Prevention of risks for workers. Who cares for the caregivers? 2

While the Manual Handling Task is an important source of risk, it is often disregarded by the nurse profession The data collected both in the scientific literature and in the research we are presenting here, agree on the belief that a higher degree of INFORMATION and EDUCATION--as established in the Dlg 626 94) would reduce the pathologies due to an erroneous manual handling and to the lack of mechanical facilities.