Safe Patient Moving & Handling

Challenges

  • 20% of nurses’ working time is spent on patient mobility and handling (1)
  • 47% of caregivers reported back pain (2)
  • Caregivers are still at top of the number of work-related MSD’s (3)
  • Nurse turns immobile patients up to 11× per shift (4)

Solutions

Lateral tilt is turning into a new gold standard in acute care that delivers premium ergonomics of caregivers.

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(1) Al Johani, W. A., & Pascua, G. P. Impacts of manual handling training and lifting devices on risks of back pain among nurses: An integrative literature review. Nurse Media Journal of Nursing. 2019 9(2), 210-230. doi:10.14710/nmjn.v9i2.26435. 
(2) OSHA. Musculoskeletal disorders in the healthcare sector. European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. 2020. Cited: 12 Dec 2022. Available online: https://osha.europa. eu/en/publications/musculoskeletal-disorders-healthcare-sector 
(3) Number and rate of nonfatal work injuries in detailed private industries. U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. 2020. Available oline: https://www.bls.gov/charts/injuries-and-illnesses/number-and-rate-of-nonfatal-work-injuries-by-industry-subsector.htm 
(4) Linet White Paper: Fighting against MSD by lateral tilt. 2023