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Achieving Administrative Support of Safe Lifting Practices & Caregiver Injury Prevention

Administrative support is essential in order to ensure effective deployment of your safe lifting initiative and caregiver injury prevention.  As a general rule of thumb, administrators will become involved in each of the three essential components required for a caregiver injury prevention/ patient safety program to be successful. These three essential components are:

  1. Equipment Availability.
  2. Staff Training.
  3. Caregiver Participation.   

Safe Lifting & Injury Prevention Cost Savings Calculator -- If you or members of your safety committee need assistance developing a financial rationale,  please enter your pertinent information into the Interactive Return on Investment Calculator

Safe Lifting Practices & Caregiver Injury Prevention Calculator

 

For more information:  Click here to read about injury prevention and the other benefits of safe lifting.