Safer Patient Handling

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• Personal Author:
  Collins, James H. ; Cookson K ; de Castro AB ; Knibbe H ; Nelson AL ; Whipple KL
• Description:
  Sort through the myths and facts to determine how you uphold best practices for patient lifting. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Body Weight Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Biomechanics Body-mechanics Body-weight Equipment-design Health-care-personnel Manual-lifting Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-hazards Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-measures Safety-practices Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  0744-6314
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; Washington ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  26-32
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033066
• Citation:
  Nurs Manage 2007 Mar; 38(3):26-32
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Nursing Management
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0ff60809b570c383a58f2eb36dffc110ca544c45143426ac356524874b51ead122914e17201fcea0b0fd6d88859231471d5462485f7c3ccaf82a887a09fe24e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188784/cdc_188784_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.93 MB ]