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#ESPHMadvocate, Dr. Leena Tamminen-Peter (PhD., T.P.T.)
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| OH physiotherapist, Occupational Health economic ergonomist OHEE, researcher, trainer, lecturer and consultant in ergonomics, developed the Finnish Ergonomic patient handling card® -training schem | ||||
| dedicated & specialised among others in nursing management, SPHM and ergonomic consultative services, lecturing and training. Is a sotergo.fi, tyofysioterapeutit.fi & IPPHE founding member and member of the ISO/TR 12296 esitys is.gd/FTHRS2 article is.gd/V2xV4p writing group |
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| PERSONAL DATA | ||||||
| Date of birth 5.10. Turku | ||||||
| mobile: +358 405447134 | ||||||
| email:letampe[at]gmail[dot]com | ||||||
| AKA/Common misspellings: Lena Tamminen, Leena Taminen, Lina Tamminen, Lina Taminen | ||||||
| Full CV in finnish (Ansioluettelo). | ||||||
| EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND | ||||||
| physiotherapist, both in Finland and abroad from 1969 – 1975, | ||||||
| 1976 – Turku Regional Finish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) at first as occupational physiotherapist second as assistant research scientist third as research scientist and last as specialized research scientist. | ||||||
| Beginning 2010 retired from the Institute as specialized research scientist, (HFE) ergonomics business consultant, lecturer and educator. | ||||||
| EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND | ||||
| Student-exam, Puolalan yhteislyseo, Turku | 1966 | |||
| Physiotherapist, Helsinki IV Nursing collage | 1969 | |||
| Specialising training, Helsinki Nursing collage | 1976 | |||
| Teacher in Physiotherapy, Turku Nursing collage | 1983 | |||
| Master in Health Care Science, Turku University | 1991 | |||
| PhD, Turku University Abstract of thesis Tiivistelmä Väitös | 2005 | |||
| CONFERENCES |
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| SPECIALIZED WORK |
- SATAPLUS project – for 150 kg plus size patients 2014-2015
The Sataplus project aims at creating ergonomic criteria for assistive devices and furniture, good work practices in patient handling, especially for 150 kg plus size patients in the hospital. The project lasts until 31.10.2015, is is funded by the Finnish Work Environment and its experts are Leena Tamminen-Peter and Aija Moilanen is.gd/Ko7ROt
First-time English presentation http://is.gd/5w8UTe #SATAPLUS Ergonomic criteria and good practices for bariatric patients’ care Finnish pilot research -project 2014-2015 Satakunta Hospital District Tamminen-Peter, Leena, Nygren, Kimmo and Moilanen, Aija at NES2016 http://is.gd/MsdUZv in Kuopio / Finland on 15.8.2016 - EGOCAREBANK The Ergonomic Databank for Social and Health Care. Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation –project. 1.10.2013 – 31.9.2015. Finnish, Estonian, Greek and Swedish partners create ergonomic solutions for elderly care.
- Participating in the EU-project 1.9.2010-30.08.2011: Best practices for innovation in ergonomics in health care -for improvement of working conditions and quality of care. In the project good practices are taken to Tseck, Slovacia and Spain.
- Nordic Tour 2011. Creating Good Practices for Elderly care work. 15.2. -29.3.2011.
- Participating in the international standardising TR ISO/CD 12296 writing group.
- Founding member of (IPPHE) International Panel on Patient Handling Ergonomics established 2004 as (EPPHE) European Panel on Patient Handling Ergonomics.
- International Social Security Association, Training and prevention of low back care in the health care, Expert workshop – 2002 Pariisissa – 2005 Dresden
Leena is an Occupational Physiotherapist and teacher of Nursing Science trained in Ergonomics working in that field since 1976, assisting in problem solving in a wide variety of settings (office, hospitals, manufacturer, ship building & service fields like kitchen & cleaning etc.) & implemented concepts of healthy body mechanics & workstation design for the benefit of both injured workers and those seeking to prevent injury. As a Specialized Research Scientist at Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) she dedicated over three decades to ergonomics and prevention in the health and social care work, – studies of physical strain of health care workers, – several intervention studies in the health care sector,- writing among others two Finnish text books for Patient Handling, one for students and one for teachers and was entrusted by FIOH in 2007 with the development of the standardized national ergonomic teaching scheme of patient-handling in health care education. This was supported by the Social and Health Ministry. During two years pilot phase 2007-2009, specialists of an interactive communication network participated in the development work. The result was published in 2009 as the Ergonomic Patient Handling Card which is registered since 15.10.2010 as Ergonomic Patient Handling Card® -education scheme.
As a member of the writing group of the Technical Report ISO/CD 12296 Ergonomics she contributed to the “Manual handling of people in the health care sector”.
| AWARDS | |||
| Ergonomic award | 1993 | ||
| Ergonomic award | 2006 | ||
| Certificate of Honour | 2007 | ||
| Work-Environment works gold medal | 2016 | ||
| Publications | ||
The physical strain when assisting a patient to move – An ergonomic evaluation of three transfer methods.
University of Turku, Faculty of Medicine, Occupational Health.
Ser. C 228. Scripta lingua Fennica edita_0082-6995. Turku 2005ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to find out if the new transfer methods, Durewall and Kinaesthetics, were less strenuous than the presently used method, and to find the least strenuous method which should, at the same time, be safe and comfortable for the patient and allow her/him to take part in the transfer to the limit of her/his capacity.
The study included twelve female nurses and 18 patients. Patients’ functional independence measure was low; one or two. The nurses were assigned to two groups and they received training in both new methods, but in different order. Nurses assisted a patient from the wheelchair to the bed and vice versa in three test sessions: before the training, after learning one method and after learning the other method. The nurses’ skill in assisting a patient to move was evaluated with a new observation instrument, SOPMAS. The lower back and trapetzius muscle activity of the nurses was measured by video EMG. The nurses rated their perceived physical exertion in lower back and shoulders on Borg’s CR-10 scale. The patients rated their feeling of security, control and comfort on a bipolar rating scale, and their muscle activity was measured in the knee extensor muscles.
The nurses learned the new methods to assist a patient well, their skills developed from the lowest level to the second highest level after the first training session. After both training sessions, the group receiving the last Kinaesthetics training reached the highest level of skill. Applying both new methods their measured and perceived physical strain was significantly less than when applying the presently used method. The muscle activity and perceived physical exertion was reduced by 60–75 % in the lower back and 27–57 % in the neck and shoulder area. The patients’ feeling of control in the trans¬fer situation and their measured activity was higher when the new methods were applied. Patients also rated the new methods as safer and more comfortable than the presently used methods. The better the nurse’s skill, the greater comfort, safety and control patients experienced when being transferred. However, there was no significant difference between the new methods. This study shows that the patients’ support from somewhere other than the nurse is an important factor in decreasing the physical load of the nurse. Another factor is that the patients are better able to participate in their transfer, when the nurses learned to activate them more effectively and gave them more time and space to do so. The results can be exploited in making nursing physically less heavy and in improving the quality of nursing. The most important is to apply the new evidence in the professional training of nursing staff.
Thesis Leena Tamminen-Peter:
Tiivistelmä Väitös
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