Objective measures of adoption of patient lift and transfer devices to reduce nursing staff injuries in the hospital setting

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 935-945

  Schoenfisch, Ashley L ^a   Pompeii, Lisa A ^b   Myers, Douglas J ^a   James, Tamara ^a   Yeung, Yeu Li ^a   Fricklas, Ethan ^a   Pentico, Marissa ^a   Lipscomb, Hester J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Intervention; Mechanical lift equipment; Occupational injury prevention; Patient handling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT LIFTING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT TRANSFER; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80955144219     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20998     Document Type: Article

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