Safety analysis of patient transfers and handling tasks

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 380-384

  Vieira, Edgar Ramos ^a,b   Kumar, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FLEXOR REFLEX; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NURSE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT TRANSFER; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350347741     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.022178     Document Type: Article

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