Manual Handling Bag
- 70cm × 40cm manual handling equipment bag for community practitioners carrying slide sheets, turntables, transfer boards and other patient handling aids between home visits, providing organised, clean storage that eliminates the disorganised multiple-bag problem that occurs when community practitioners carry patient handling equipment loose in general community nursing bags.
- Purpose-designed for Locomotor patient handling equipment with dimensions that accommodate the core Locomotor product range used in community patient handling, allowing community nurses, district nurses and occupational therapists to carry a complete patient handling kit in a single dedicated bag rather than distributing handling equipment across multiple general bags.
- Keeps patient handling equipment clean and protected between home visits, supporting NHS Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs) by storing reusable patient handling aids separately from general clinical equipment in a dedicated bag that can be cleaned or replaced when contaminated, maintaining the hygiene segregation required for patient contact equipment in community settings.
- Reduces the management overhead of community patient handling equipment, enabling community practitioners to confirm the completeness of their patient handling kit by checking a single bag at the start of each session rather than searching across multiple bags, reducing the risk of arriving at a patient visit without the required equipment under Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
Locomotor Manual Handling Bag: Dedicated 70×40cm Equipment Bag for Community Patient Handling Kits
The Locomotor Manual Handling Bag is a 70cm × 40cm dedicated storage bag for community practitioners carrying Locomotor patient handling equipment between home visits. Designed to accommodate the slide sheets, turntables, rota cushions and transfer boards of a standard community patient handling kit in a single organised unit, the bag eliminates the disorganised multi-bag approach that community practitioners often adopt when patient handling equipment is carried alongside general clinical nursing equipment, making kit management simpler and reducing the risk of arriving at a patient visit without essential handling equipment.
Product Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 70cm × 40cm |
| Brand | Locomotor |
| Purpose | Dedicated patient handling equipment storage and transport |
| Use | Community nurses, district nurses, occupational therapists |
| Function | Organised, clean, separate storage for patient handling aids |
Clinical and Compliance Context
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and HSE community health guidance require that community practitioners have access to the correct patient handling equipment for each patient visit, with TILE risk assessments for community patients specifying the equipment required for each manual handling task. A community practitioner who arrives at a patient visit without the required slide sheet or turntable because it was not in their bag cannot complete the handling task safely, increasing the risk of improvised manual handling that bypasses the risk control measures specified in the patient's handling plan. The dedicated manual handling bag supports MHOR 1992 compliance by making the patient handling kit a defined, checkable unit that can be confirmed complete before leaving the base, reducing the likelihood of equipment gaps at the point of patient care. NHS SICPs require that patient contact equipment is stored and transported hygienically between uses: the dedicated bag provides physical separation of patient handling equipment from general clinical supplies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What patient handling equipment fits in the Locomotor Manual Handling Bag?
The 70cm × 40cm bag is designed to accommodate the Locomotor range of compact patient handling aids typically carried in a community kit, including flat slide sheets, compact turntables, the Rota Cushion, the Flexible Transfer Slide and similar flat or compact handling aids. Larger equipment such as the full Rotastand Compact frame would not fit within the bag's dimensions and is transported separately. The bag is best used as a dedicated carrier for the flat and compact handling aids that are used across multiple home visits, keeping these items together in an organised, cleanable unit rather than loose in a general nursing bag.
How should the Manual Handling Bag be cleaned between patient visits?
The exterior of the bag should be wiped with a surface disinfectant wipe compatible with the bag material after each patient visit where patient contact handling equipment has been used and removed, and immediately if the exterior becomes visibly contaminated. The interior should be checked and cleaned if any handling equipment placed inside was contaminated or soiled during the visit. Bag interiors cannot be decontaminated to the same standard as the handling equipment itself: if the bag interior becomes contaminated by a patient with a known infectious condition such as MRSA or C.difficile, the bag should be replaced rather than retained. Using plastic or washable bag liners for the interior reduces the decontamination challenge and extends the bag's usable life in high-infection-risk community settings.
Part of our specialist Patient Moving and Handling Equipment range, supporting safe patient transfers across care homes, hospitals, and home care environments.
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- 70cm × 40cm manual handling equipment bag for community practitioners carrying slide sheets, turntables, transfer boards and other patient handling aids between home visits, providing organised, clean storage that eliminates the disorganised multiple-bag problem that occurs when community practitioners carry patient handling equipment loose in general community nursing bags.
- Purpose-designed for Locomotor patient handling equipment with dimensions that accommodate the core Locomotor product range used in community patient handling, allowing community nurses, district nurses and occupational therapists to carry a complete patient handling kit in a single dedicated bag rather than distributing handling equipment across multiple general bags.
- Keeps patient handling equipment clean and protected between home visits, supporting NHS Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs) by storing reusable patient handling aids separately from general clinical equipment in a dedicated bag that can be cleaned or replaced when contaminated, maintaining the hygiene segregation required for patient contact equipment in community settings.
- Reduces the management overhead of community patient handling equipment, enabling community practitioners to confirm the completeness of their patient handling kit by checking a single bag at the start of each session rather than searching across multiple bags, reducing the risk of arriving at a patient visit without the required equipment under Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.