Typical comments from readers

• It has been proven at our Hospital that safe lifting equipment has reduced our Workers’ Comp. premium.
• When presenting the encouragement for investment, have statistics available as backup for your statement.
• The investment in safe patient handling equipment impacts not only associate safety but patient safety.
• I would/could actually use all of the statements to try to convince management to invest in the equipment.
• I would provide plenty of stats that would show why it was the right decision to make the purchase. Talking about savings always helps to make your point.
• It is the right thing to do; the payoff can be measured in both Workers' Comp ROI and in retention of nursing staff. Beyond that, we have a duty to protect our employees.
• All the above. You will never completely remove lifting injuries but you will dramatically reduce them. Our staff were reluctant to use the equipment until we bought enough to have a stand AND a sling lift for every 15 residents. More than enough and well worth it.
• In tough economic times, when staffing budgets are razor thin, having an employee off due to injury is even more costly than normal. It is productivity that an organization can't afford to lose.
• All of the above

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