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Summary
Summary
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently calculated nearly 60,000 musculoskeletal injuries to healthcare workers resulting from heavy lifting during attempts to move patients. Often the nurses, aides, orderlies, and attendants who suffered permanent injuries were forced out of the profession, straining an already inadequate pool of workers and wasting valuable knowledge and ability.
Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts presents the latest research on this topic from an epidemiological point of view. The book highlights case studies from actual injured workers, along with analysis of how this problem is being addressed around the world.
This in-depth study also discusses the legal and rehabilitative obstacles to returning to work, and suggests new policies for the safe lifting and moving of patients. The editors compile recommended solutions from leading names in the field, detailing how healthcare facilities can create safe work environments to prevent disabling back injuries.
Table of Contents
Introduction: History and Vision for Work Injured Nurses Group USA |
Magnitude of the Problem |
A Word About the Stories |
Biodynamics of Back Injury: Manual Lifting and Loads |
How to Accomplish a Responsible Cost-Benefit Injury Analysis in the Health Care Industry |
Striving for Zero-Lift in Healthcare Facilities |
Introducing a Safer Patient Handling Policy |
Prevention of Back Injury Using Lift Teams: 18 Hospital Data |
Technology for Safe Patient Handling and Movement |
Bariatrics |