	New Toolkit Dozens of Safe Lifting Program tools and guidelines have been created by our readers and contributors over the past several years. We’ve consolidated them into this single, easy-to-access section.
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	New injury prevention poster – "The 7 deadly sins of unsafe lifting" Order this informative FREE poster designed to help you remind nurses and caregivers to avoid the most common causes of musculoskeletal injuries.
	New 5-Part Series of Articles from American Nurse Today… “Safe Lifting Practices for Nurses” …covering topics from sling selection to sanitation and infection control. Order your copy today.
	New 36-Page Booklet "Ask the Lift Doctor – Real-world Questions and Answers about Safe Lifting." These are thought-provoking questions from newsletter readers worldwide, and authoritative answers from the Lift Doctor. Share these with your colleagues by ordering a copy today.

Injury Prevention Through Safe Lifting

Welcome to the Safe Lifting Portal. This pro-bono healthcare site is designed to support safe lifting and caregiver injury prevention programs. Please feel free to use the safe lifting information or services herein to initiate or enhance a program in your facility.

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The Safe Lifting Portal is sponsored by Liko North America

	Safe Lifting News Learn the latest about what's happening with safe lifting and caregiver injury prevention. Subscribe to the e-newsletter.		GETTING STARTED Find tips and tools for achieving buy-in from all stakeholder audiences as well as a collection of links regarding safe patient handling legislation and regulatory support.
	Safe Lifting Products Get valuable, generic information on patient lifts or link to Liko.com to see product overviews and find a distributor.		Safe Lifting Library Browse our extensive library of safe lifting resources, ranging from books and articles to tutorials, reference sites, and related links.
	Safe Lifting Environment Get the FREE communication tools you'll need to launch your own injury prevention campaign. Check out the Free Starter Kit.		Safe Lifting Hot Topics Find information about a variety of topics that currently have wide interest in the medical field. Browse by subject category.
	Help Desk Strategies and tips to get your program off the ground. Discuss safe lifting topics with other SLP users in our "Safe Lifters" forum.		TOOLKIT Dozens of Safe Lifting Program tools and guidelines have been created by our readers and contributors over the past several years. We’ve consolidated them into this single, easy-to-access section.
	New Nursing Schools Section Articles, tools, and anything else that will help educate student nurses about lifting their patients safely…. It’s all about protecting our most valuable resources so that they can have long, productive careers!		New VA Champions Section We’ve adapted many of our standard tools to fit the specific needs of the VA’s Lift Champions. Check out this new section if you are in need of support for your VA safe lifting initiative!