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NPR Looks at Injured Nurses

Matt Mahder
March 4, 2015

March 2015  |  National Public Broadcasting

Last month NPR published a series describing their investigations of nurse injuries in medical facilities. Their discoveries proved a central point: There is still a lot of work to be done when it comes to Safe Patient Handling and the use of proper training and equipment. That’s a message Wy’East has been trying to spread for the last 25 years. Caregiver health is just as important as patient health, and high compliance with the use of our Safe Patient Handling equipment will truly make a measurable difference.

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