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Archive: Reports, Studies and Conference Presentations
Beyond Getting Started: A Resource Guide for Implementing a Safe Patient Handling Program in the Acute Care Setting. Developed by the AOHP OSHA Alliance Implementation Team.
Evidence-based Practices for Safe Patient Handling and Movement, Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN and Andrea S.Baptiste, MA, CIE (Journal article on research demonstrating case for safe lifting paradigm shift)
National SPH Amendment -- Proposal to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care providers by establishing a safe patient handling standard.
Preventing Back Injuries: Safe Patient Handling and Movement, American Nurses Association (ANA) (ANAbrochure, PDF file)
Safe Patient and Resident Handling, Occupational Healthand Safety Agency for Health (OHSAH), Acute and LongTerm Care Sectors Handbook. (British Columbia,Canada OHSAH web-site, PDF file)
Victorian Workcover Authority, Manual Handling,Victoria, Australia (Australian Governmental web-site)
Conference Presentations
April 20, 2007 Safe Lifting Conference Presentations
- Waters Presentation - Overview of National Efforts Promoting Safe Lift
- Biese Presentation - Safe Patient Handling - Home Health
- MIms Presentation - Safe Patient Handling - Home Health
- Warmuth Presentation - Safe Patient Handling
“Creating a Safer Environment, a Value Added Program for Resident Care,” sponsored by the Wisconsin Committee on Safe Resident/Patient Handling for Caregivers, Mosinee, WI, August 2, 2006. A highly rated conference on safe/no lift patient handling.
PowerPoint presentations were provided on CD and are provided below.
- Introduction - Myths
- Patient Care Ergonomics -- Part One
- Fostering a Culture of Safety in a Health Care Environment
- Patient Care Ergonomics --Part Two
- Patient Handling Equipment
- Evaluation of Technology to Support Safe Patient Handling and Movement
- Safe Sling Selection and Use
- Ergonomic Assessment of Nursing Environments
- OSHA Nursing Home Training: Reducing Staff Injury & Improving Resident Safety
- OSHA Nursing Home Guidelines
- The Bariatric Population: A New Challenge in Patient Care Ergonomics
- Variation in High Risk Tasks by Practice Setting
Veterans Administration Sunshine HealthCare Network – Safe Patient Handling and Movement. A very well-done resource on safe patient handling, including various on-line “how to” manuals. This site is rich and deep with information. Specifically see:
Patient Care Ergonomics Resource Guide
- Ergo Guide, Part 1 (revised 8/31/05) (PDF file, 94 pages)
- Ergo Guide, Part 2 (revised 8/31/05) (PDF file, 95 pages)
Technology Resource Guide, Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 8 Patient Safety Center in Tampa, FL and the Veterans Health Administration - Detailed review of no life equipment, guidance on selection process, hotlinks to vendors’ web-sites. (PDF file, 25 pages)
March 16, 2005 Safe Patient Lifting Conference
Designing a Safe Hospital Incorporation Safe Patient Handling Into Patient Room Design, Mike Murphy, RN,MBA, St. Joseph's Hospital, West Bend, WI. Brief review of hospital room design -- new construction – scanned PowerPoint presentation handout, PDF file.
Lift Free Program Policies and Procedures, Rusk County Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home, Nancy Wiles, RN, DON, and Jan Neuman, RN, DON, Ladysmith, WI. No lift policy document, PDF file.
Lift-Free Workplace Program, Kim Schermetzler, United Heartland, Milwaukee, WI. Case for no lift from insurance company perspective – scanned PowerPoint handout, PDF file.
Long Term Effectiveness of "Zero Lift" Program for Preventing Injuries to Nursing Personnel, Professor Dr. Arun Garg, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Case for zero-lift program –- scanned PowerPoint presentation handout, PDF file.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Safe Lifting and Movement of Nursing Home Residents Guide -- This guide is intended for nursing home owners, administrators, nurse managers, safety and health professionals, and workers who are interested in establishing a safe resident lifting program. (Electronic copy of published booklet)
North Central Health Care, Tri-County Governmental Facility-Marathon, Lincoln and Langlade Counties, WI. Overview of process facility underwent to establish no lift program –- scanned PowerPoint handout, PDF file.
S.A.F.E.(Safe Accident Free Environment) Lifting Program, Aurora Health
Care, Mary Doherty, RN, BSN and Tabitha Sheen, RN, MSN, APRN-BC. Overview of Aurora Health’s S.A.F.E. program -- PowerPoint document.