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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The American Nurses Association provides a free tip sheet on safe patient handling. The tip sheet aims to address the question of, “How can you institute a safe patient handling and movement program ...

Hospital workers face serious hazards, including: lifting and moving patients, workplace violence, slips and falls, exposure to chemicals and hazardous drugs, exposures to infectious diseases and ...

The Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), a NIOSH Center of Excellence in Total Worker Health, has launched an online continuing education program to help nurses ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently presented a report to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors that revealed high rates of healthcare employee injuries ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Lift Tech and NYU Winthrop Hospital are excited to announce groundbreaking news in the progress of safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) on the East ...

It’s been years in the making; can we get it done in 2013? Health care professionals have been advocating for safe patient handling legislation to improve patient care in New York for years. These ...