title: Play it safe in long-term care facilities.
abstract: Instead of caring for patients, nurses and other healthcare workers at long term facilities are increasingly becoming patients themselves. Over the past decade, the injury rate among nursing home workers jumped by 55%, with more than 200,000 of these workers injured annually. This article discusses the types of injuries suffered and how they can be prevented.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bowman
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019567:Back Injuries; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control