Creating a safe patient handling program can help reduce injuries and time lost due to injury. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and ...

Why is manual patient handling unsafe? The cumulative weight a nurse or nursing assistant may have to lift during patient lifts or transfers within an eight-hour shift can be as much as 1.8 tons.

Safe patient handling programs help reduce nurse injuries. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and workplace violence. According to the ...

Nurses have the highest rates of work-related back pain. Educational interventions can help prevent injury and promote understanding of safe patient handling Subscribe today for unlimited access to ...

Loss aversion is the concept that losses are more psychologically impactful than gains. This is the most important idea in behavioral decision-making (1,2,3) and plays a huge role in healthcare. Loss ...

Musculoskeletal injuries top the list of cases caused or made worse by work, according to statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 2001/2, especially those which result in injuries ...

Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices associated with fewer injuries among health care workers, a small study suggests. Researchers analyzed data ...

Frontline care in Nigeria is set to improve following a patient safety initiative led by Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Timothy Ishaku, who returned to his ...

Frontline patient care in Nigeria is being strengthened thanks to a safety initiative led by a Buckinghamshire New University ...