The Critical Lift Zone: Not Just the Elephant in the Room

October 2015  |  The American Journal of Safe Patient Handling & Mobility This blog article is a summary of a peer-reviewed scientific article published in Volume 5, Issue 3 of The American Journal of Safe Patient Handling & Mobility James Carlson, RN, moves...

Friction-Reducing Devices: How Slippery a Slope?

July 2015  |  Steven Smith, Wy’East Medical Tests confirm that repeated laundering of reusable friction-reducing devices reduces their effectiveness. The everyday tasks of repositioning patients in bed and performing lateral transfers onto other surfaces are...