Safe Patient Handling: A Report

Publié le 06 juin 2006 • Catégorie(s) : En accès libre, Troubles musculo-squelettiques • Mot(s) clef(s) : manipulation du patient

AFT Healthcare, March 2006
Safe Patient Handling: A Report
Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc
‘This study of hospital nurses and radiology technicians reveals that their work has become extremely physically demanding, often resulting in job-related injury or chronic pain. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that employment as a health professional in a hospital today is backbreaking work. Many nurses and radiology technicians report that they have considered leaving patient care because of the physical demands of the job, which would only exacerbate the current shortage in those professions.’