Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices ...

Creating a safe patient handling program can help reduce injuries and time lost due to injury. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and ...

Safe patient handling programs help reduce nurse injuries. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and workplace violence. According to the ...

When thinking of dangerous jobs, fields like construction and manufacturing likely come to mind. But a study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that hospital workers actually have a higher ...

Hospital and health system risk managers are most concerned about patient handling, according to a recent Aon report, Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer. About a third of hospital employee ...

Loss aversion is the concept that losses are more psychologically impactful than gains. This is the most important idea in behavioral decision-making (1,2,3) and plays a huge role in healthcare. Loss ...

Medical professionals have some of the highest numbers of nonfatal occupational injuries. In an effort to educate health care workers and facilities on risks and provide solutions, Rutgers School of ...

The American Nurses Association provides a free tip sheet on safe patient handling. Create an ergonomics committee Assess risky patient handling tasks Research, evaluate, select, pilot and institute ...

FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital hosted a Safe Patient Handling Skills Fair for employees Feb. 7-8 to enhance patient care with the ultimate goal of providing patients with the safest and ...

Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices associated with fewer injuries among health care workers, a small study suggests. Researchers analyzed data ...