Prioritizing safe patient handling: The American Nurses Association's Handle With Care Campaign.
J Nurs Adm. 2006 Jul-Aug;36(7-8):363-9.
Prioritizing safe patient handling: The American Nurses Association’s Handle With Care Campaign.
‘de Castro AB, Hagan P, Nelson A.
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612-7260, USA. butch@uic.edu’
Nurses continue to suffer debilitating injuries secondary to manual patient handling. Patient care ergonomics has emerged to redesign patient care with reduced exposure to physical hazards. Safe patient handling programs are being increasingly accepted by healthcare organizations to prevent occupational injury and to enhance patient safety. The authors discuss national-level efforts to promote patient care ergonomics principles and safe patient handling programs and their impact on nursing shortages and quality patient care.
MeSH Terms: American Nurses’ Association* – Biomechanics – Guidelines – Health Promotion/organization & administration – Human Engineering – Humans – Lifting*/adverse effects – Musculoskeletal Diseases/epidemiology – Musculoskeletal Diseases/etiology – Mu
Publication Types: Review
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