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Dear Subscriber,
Welcome to the latest Issue of Safe Lifting News. Our mission is to keep you informed about what's happening in the world of safe patient handling and caregiver injury prevention. If you feel others in your organization might benefit from receiving Safe Lifting News on a regular basis, please forward along so that they can sign up and participate!
Sincerely,
Melissa Nowitz
Editor in Chief
888-545-6671
Melissa.nowitz@hill-rom.com
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Take our March Poll
Poll on Progress – How are you doing?
On a scale of 1 to 10, please report on your facility’s progress toward attainment of your safe patient handling goals.
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OSHA Guidelines for Nursing Homes -- Ergonomics for the Prevention
of Musculoskeletal Disorders (Revised March 2009)
These guidelines provide recommendations for nursing home employers to help reduce the number and severity of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in their facilities. MSDs include conditions such as low back pain, sciatica, rotator cuff injuries, epicondylitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome. The recommendations in these guidelines are based on a review of existing practices and programs, State OSHA programs, as well as available scientific information, and reflect comments received from representatives of trade and professional associations, labor organizations, the medical community, individual firms, and other interested parties. Review the guidelines here.
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AND YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD IT BAD
NIOSH study examines job-related violence for home healthcare nurses
In a recent NIOSH study, survey responses from 677 home healthcare aides and nurses documented violence against home healthcare workers by their patients. In another study at Columbia University, 48 percent of Registered Nurses reported three or more stressful household conditions in their current caseload, including unsanitary conditions, unsafe conditions conducive to slips/ trips/ falls, presence of aggressive pets, poor lighting, neighborhood violence/ crime, drug use in homes, and racial/ ethnic discrimination. Read more here.
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From the Reading Room
Evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson study on retaining experienced nurses
“Since their implementation, the primary outcomes of these six ergonomic initiatives also included reducing the number of RN days lost due to work related injuries by 89% and lowering hospital disability costs associated with patient handling injuries by 28%.” June, 2009 Read the full evaluation here.
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Nurses Helping Americans Cross the Quality Chasm
A Position Paper from the American Academy of Nursing
The American Academy of Nursing (AAN), a professional organization of selected nurse leaders, initiated the Raise the Voice campaign. Supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Raise the Voice showcases nurses who have developed and tested innovations in health care delivery. These nurses, known as “Edge Runners,” demonstrate that nurses are vital to achieving the goals set forth by the Institute of Medicine; they are architects of solutions to improve health care quality. Read about their contributions at here.
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Online learning in healthcare |
| What experience do you have with online training within the healthcare industry? What should I look for in a vendor? |
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Kathy Espinoza
Keenan |
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Weight limits for ambulance crews and EMS |
| NIOSH has a 35 lb weight limit for lifting.... what about ambulance crews? They lift all size patients to the stretcher in some very awkward positions. What will help them do their jobs safely? |
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Gail Booker
LSEMS |
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Walking pants for use with total hip patients |
| For total hip patients, can the walking pants be used with the portable lift and ceiling lift? |
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Mary Jo Bade
Omaha VA |
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Lifting a patient with a damaged rotator cuff |
| How to lift a pt with a broken rotator cuff? |
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Lachelle Carroll
Nursing School |
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*The Lift Doctor is actually a panel of clinical and bioengineering lift specialists at Liko |
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