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...
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...
January 2014 | White Paper In a hospital or any type of care facility it is very difficult to move or reposition a patient in a bed. The reason for this is that there is a high amount of friction between a patient and a mattress. The higher the friction, the more...
Feb./March 2001 | Journal of Healthcare Safety, Compliance & Infection Control™ Abstract: Results of a one-year study in an acute-care tertiary hospital to test the viability of using lift teams to reduce workers’ compensation claims due to lifting...
March 2000 | Journal of Healthcare Safety, Compliance & Infection Control™ Abstract: Results of a one-year study to evaluate a method to reduce back injury in nursing in an acute-care facility. The method used a pre-existing transport team as a lift team...
February 2000 | Journal of Healthcare Safety, Compliance & Infection Control™ Abstract: A six-year review of the results of the lift team model as an injury management solution. The study concludes that lift team intervention has reduced the frequency and...
