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Simple Signs Lead to Drop in Patient-Lifting Injuries
  • Using signs as a visual reminder to nurses and other staff to lift and transport patients safely
  • Communicating face-to-face and at huddles about patient-lifting equipment and procedures

What can your team do to remind each other to use patient-lifting procedures? What else could your team do to prevent injuries when lifting or transporting patients?

 

 

Laureen Lazarovici Fri, 08/26/2016 - 18:02

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Format:
PDF

Size: 
8.5" x 11" 

Intended audience: 
Frontline workers and managers

Best used:
This list of safety practices compiled by an Imaging Services team in Northern California can form the basis for team discussions of ways to reduce workplace injuries and increase awareness of safety.

 

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Format: 
PDF and Word DOC

Size:
8.5” x 11”

Intended audience:
Captains of turn teams

Best used:
Use this checklist when turning a patient to ensure the procedure is done safely and the chance of injury is minimized. 
 

 

 

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