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 ...

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 ...

Hospital and health system risk managers are most concerned about patient handling, according to a recent Aon report, Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer. About a third of hospital employee ...

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 ...

When thinking of dangerous jobs, fields like construction and manufacturing likely come to mind. But a study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that hospital workers actually have a higher ...

In 2011, the American Nurses Association surveyed more than 4,614 nurses and found 62 percent were worried about experiencing a disabling musculoskeletal injury — a fear that surpassed concerns of ...

Bernard Valencia's room in the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., illustrates how hospitals across the country could fight a nationwide epidemic. As soon as you enter the ...

In today’s world, advances in technology have provided a great opportunity for the application of this technology targeted at improving the safety of healthcare patients. Consider having a caregiver ...

Becker’s Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control finds and is provided with a wide range of downloadable tools and resources designed to help healthcare providers improve the quality of ...

OverviewThe global patient handling equipment market is anticipated to grow at a steady CAGR of around 6% over the forecast period, supported by strong demographic trends, growing safety regulations, ...

Led by a senior responsible officer for patient safety, our Patient Safety Oversight Group (PSOG) provides oversight of and, where required, coordination to patient safety related matters within NICE.