In 2011, the American Nurses Association surveyed more than 4,614 nurses and found 62 percent were worried about experiencing a disabling musculoskeletal injury — a fear that surpassed concerns of ...

Creating a safe patient handling program can help reduce injuries and time lost due to injury. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices ...

OverviewThe global patient handling equipment market is anticipated to grow at a steady CAGR of around 6% over the forecast period, supported by strong demographic trends, growing safety regulations, ...

Hospital and health system risk managers are most concerned about patient handling, according to a recent Aon report, Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer. About a third of hospital employee ...

Sliding patients up the bed is one of the most common patient-handling manoeuvres that nurses undertake. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, learning units, procedures, ...

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When a person falls, it is important that safe methods are used to move them, to avoid causing pain and/or further injury. This is critical to their chances of making a full recovery. Safe manual ...

San Francisco, USA, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The patient handling equipment market is witnessing robust growth, valued at USD 18,987.65 million in 2024 and projected to grow at a compound ...