Safe Lifting Portal

	New Rehab Section – Every day, therapists continue to injure themselves while working in awkward positions, bending and twisting, and performing strenuous procedures on heavy or dependent patients. Visit this new section dedicated to helping therapists avoid needless musculoskeletal injuries.
	Order Postage Stamp Size Safe Lifting Decals – Here’s another tool to help promote safe lifting and handling practices in your institution. This innovative sheet of 100 postage-stamp sized stickers can be used in a number of different ways, including affixed to employee badges. Order your free sheet today.
	View a Bariatric Lifting Infomercial - Liko, our corporate sponsor, created this brief infomercial on bariatric lifting in order to inform healthcare management about the availability of safe, effective lifts and accessories for use with heavy patients.
	Order your Free 90-page Lift Doctor Booklet - The Lift Doctor has become one of our most popular items. That’s because it gives everyday readers the chance to ask everyday questions and receive unbiased answers in return. Click here to order a Lift Doctor booklet or ask The Lift Doctor a question.
	View Related Links - Other companies or Web sites that may be of interest to you are listed in this new section. (But please don’t leave our site until you’ve gotten all the information you need to become a successful safe lifting advocate!)


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	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.
	Consultation 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.
	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!		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!
	Home Care Section Injury prevention is equally important at home as in hospitals or nursing homes. If a spouse or loved one is your principal care giver, an injury due to unsafe lifting can be disastrous. We're here to help prevent those injuries!