Defining and implementing a 'no lifting' standard.
Following the launch this spring of the RCN's campaign to reduce injuries from manual lifting of patients, this article describes the main policies and guidelines relating to lifting and handling, and tells how these were used to develop and implement a 'no lifting' standard on an elderly care ward.
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D001416:Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D009740:Nursing Staff; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006113:United Kingdom