Pediatric safe patient handling.
Patient-handling tasks have historically been recognized as the primary cause for musculoskeletal disorders among the nursing workforce. Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (Children's) implemented an innovative and industry-leading pediatric safe patient-handling program to minimize the frequency of occupational injuries associated with patient-handling tasks. An analysis of workers' compensation claims revealed that the rate of postimplementation incidents was reduced by 71.4% when compared with Children's preimplementation incidence rate. A review of risk perception surveys illustrated that most patient-handling tasks at Children's were perceived to be significantly less risky after implementation.
Haglund
Kristi
K
Safety and Security Department, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. kristi.haglund@childrensmn.org <kristi.haglund@childrensmn.org>
Kyle
Jennifer
J
Finkelstein
Marsha
M
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000293:Adolescent; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055805:Moving and Lifting Patients / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D010372:Pediatrics; D011336:Probability; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management