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 ...

Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices associated with fewer injuries among health care workers, a small study suggests. Researchers analyzed data ...

PHASE (Patient Handling and Safety Experts), a supplier of patient handling equipment and training for emergency care providers, recently launched a new CAPCE-accredited continuing education course, ...

Bernard Valencia's room in the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif., illustrates how hospitals across the country could fight a nationwide epidemic. As soon as you enter the ...

The American Nurses Association announced the release of national standards for safe patient handling and mobility to improve safety for both healthcare workers and patients. The ANA convened an ...

You know who they are: patients who are angry, disrespectful, and rude; patients who demand specific drugs or tests, even when they're not indicated; and patients who growl at everyone, act ...

Direct Healthcare Group, which is backed by ArchiMed, has acquired Stockholm-based Handicare’s Patient Handling division. No financial terms were disclosed. The unit is a specialist provider of ...