Manual handling risk management: critical care beds and support systems.
This article examines the reduction of manual handling risk to nurses through discussion of the technical and ergonomic features of critical care beds and support systems. It describes the features of different types of manual handling equipment, in particular trolleys, beds and patient platform support surfaces.
Griffiths
Howard
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School of Health Science, University of Wales, Swansea. t.h.griffiths@swan.ac.uk