Creating a culture of safety for safe patient handling.
Orthop Nurs
; 32(3): 155-64; quiz 165-6, 2013.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23695761
ABSTRACT
Healthcare workers who handle patients have little guidance to help them identify when to use the existing equipment for moving patients. Manual lifting of patients and healthcare worker injuries continue despite equipment installation and training. The purpose of this project was to decrease the number and severity of healthcare worker injuries by implementing a culture of safety for safe patient handling. A multicomponent safe patient handling program was deployed on one inpatient unit at a Midwest academic acute care hospital. There was a 36% decrease in the number of patient handling injuries, a 71% reduction in the number of lost work days, and a 60% reduction in costs in 1 year related to patient handling injuries. The RN Satisfaction Survey question regarding having enough help to lift/move on last shift improved from 41% presurvey to 69% postsurvey.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cultura Organizacional
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Salud Laboral
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Movimiento y Levantamiento de Pacientes
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Traumatismos Ocupacionales
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Orthop Nurs
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
/
ORTOPEDIA
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos