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Occupied Wheelchair Operation

SOP · SOP-60179

  • Version 4
  • Miscellaneous
  • Reads on any phone

The Occupied Wheelchair Operation Safe Operating Procedure (SOP) gives instructions for operating a wheelchair safely and efficiently, helping to protect both operators and clients.

It covers the hazards (work with people, moving parts, objects on the ground, slippery surfaces and manual handling), the precautions on operator training and a risk assessment for each client's needs, and a pre-operational inspection of the wheelchair.

Step-by-step instructions cover transferring a client into, between and out of the wheelchair, and pushing an occupied wheelchair up and down a curb and downhill. An employee training and induction register records who has been trained.

Preview of the Occupied Wheelchair Operation SOP

Occupied Wheelchair Operation

SOPVersion 4

Acronyms

  • PPE - Personal Protective Equipment.

  • SOP - Safe Operating Procedure.

Hazards

What can cause harm?

  • Work with people

  • Moving parts

  • Objects on the ground

  • Slippery surfaces

  • Manual Handling

Person pushing an occupied wheelchair along a footpath past shop windows

Personal protective equipment

  • Foot Protection

Pre-operational inspection

Inspect the wheelchair for damage to:

  • Seating

  • tyres condition and air pressure

  • Moving parts and brakes.

Precautions

All operators are trained and competent to operate an occupied wheelchair safely. Operator training should include:

  • Workplace induction

  • Safe operating procedures

  • Nature of hazards

  • Fitting of PPE

  • Equipment operation

  • Manual handling

  • Housekeeping

  • First Aid

A Risk Assessment is conducted for each client's needs. The risk assessment should consider hazards related to the client i.e:

  • Client mobility

  • Client size or condition

  • Variation in client cooperation

  • A client's ability to hear, see and understand may affect their mobility and ability to cooperate

2 more sections, from Operation to Employee training and induction register

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What it covers

7 sections

  1. Hazards
  2. Personal protective equipment
  3. Pre-operational inspection
  4. Precautions
  5. Operation
  6. Employee training and induction register

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