The lifting team. A design method to reduce lost time back injury in nursing.
Lifting is an art, not a random task. If risk is concentrated where it can be controlled, incident rates can be reduced dramatically. It is much easier to control the variables that lead to injury in a team of two lifting members than in a population of nurses. The lifting team study shows that a 95% reduction in lost time injuries can be obtained if a professional lifting team, rather than nurses, lift clients. Secondary benefits to the lifting team approach are: greater nursing morale, recruiting tasks become easier if nurses do not have to lift, and additional time for bedside nursing care.
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019567:Back Injuries; D003363:Cost Control; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000191:economics; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000191:economics