title: Infection control in moving and handling.
abstract: Hospitals are obliged to provide moving and handling equipment to protect staff health and prevent back disorders. The use of this equipment has opened up new risks to patients of cross contamination and iatrogenic infection. Hospitals need to address this problem in a systematic way.
authors: Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Boden
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D017770:Lifting; D012307:Risk Factors