Hospital Safety Solutions

Articles and Research

Ergonomically Healthy Workplace Practices

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (2006). Click for PDF Article.

Back Injury Risk Control for Healthcare Facilities

CNA - Risk Control (2006). Click for PDF Article.

Safe Patient Handling: One Key to an Ideal Work Environment

Work Environment News, K. Lynn Wieck, RN, PhD, FAAN (2005). Click for PDF Article.

Cost Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Program for Safe Patient Handling

Kris Siddharthan, Audrey Nelson, Hope Tiesman, FangFei Chen (2005). Click for PDF Article.

Preventing Back Injuries: Safe Patient Handling and Movement

American Nurses Association (2004). Click for PDF Article.

Prevention of Disabling Back Injuries in Nurses by the Use of Mechnical Patient Lift Systems

Richard F. Edlich, MD, PhD; Kathryne L. Winters; Mary Anne Hudson, RN, BSN; L.D. Britt, MD, MPH; William B. Long, MD (2004). Click for PDF Article.

An Evaluation of a "Best Practices" Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program in Nursing Homes

J.W. Collins, L. Wolf, J. Bell, and B. Evanoff (2004). Click for PDF Article.

Preventing Nursing Back Injuries: Redesigning Patient Handling Tasks

AAOHN Journal (2003): Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN, John D. Lloyd, PhD, MErgS, CPE, Nancy Menzel, PhD, RN, COHN-S, and Clifford Gross, Phd, CPE, FErgS. Click for PDF article.

Elimination of Manual Patient Handling to Prevent Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

Nurse Advocacy Programs Center for occupations Health and Safety (2003). Click for PDF Article.

Patient Care Ergonomics Resource Guide: Safe Patient Handling and Movement

Patient Safety Center of Inquiry, Veterans Health Administration and Dept. of Defense (2001).
Click for PDF Article.

Safety During Transport of Crtically Ill Patients (excerpt from Making Healthcare Safer prepared for Agency Healthcare Research and Quality)

Univeristy of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Susana B. Martins, MD, MSc, Kaveh G. Shojania, MD (2001). Click for PDF Article.

Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients

Christian Waydhas, MD (1999). Click for PDF Article.

Nursing Shortage

Click here to read article: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/FactSheets/NursingShortage.htm

Solving the Nursing Shortage Problem

Click here to read article: http://www.afscme.org/una/sns05.htm

Risk Management or Safety First?

Is a culture of safety the necessary prerequisite for allowing
risk management to evolve? Click for PDF article

Who's Got Your Back?: Reducing the incidence of on-the-job back injuries among nurses.

AJN, American Journal of Nursing: Volume 106(7) July 2006 pp 72A-72F. Karen Hughes MS, RN, CRRN, CNAA Click for PDF Article

A BACK INJURY PREVENTION GUIDE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

A publication was made available from the California OSHA Consultation, Education & Training Units.
Mario Feletto, Cal/OSHA Consultation Service, Education
and Training Unit, Sacramento, CA
Walter Graze, Cal/OSHA Consultation Service, Headquarters,
San Francisco, CA Click for PDF Article

Links

VISN 8 Patient Safety Center

http://www.visn8.med.va.gov/patientsafetycenter/

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

http://www.jointcommission.org/

U.S. Department of Labor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration

http://www.osha.gov

VA National Center for Patient Safety

http://www.patientsafety.gov/

National Patient Safety Foundation

http://www.npsf.org/

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health