title: Safe patient handling protects employees too.
authors.affiliation: Bryan Kennedy is director of nursing and Tracy Kopp is the nurse manager of the med-surg neuroscience unit and the safe patient-handling coordinator at AnMed Health in Anderson, S.C.
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kopp
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D055805:Moving and Lifting Patients / Q000451:nursing*; D009729:Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*