That’s what it boils down too, lifting and twisting. Eliminate these two actions and you eliminate injuries to patients in the transfer process. It is easy to eliminate lifting, just use a portable transfer plate to reduce 90% of the
The need for patients to transfer is constant and often immediate. This puts a large strain on the nursing profession. Nurses are not taught leverage techniques used by industry to move large, heavy bulky loads so they are often injured.
Body mechanics are good but they are not the root of the problem. The problem is conventional manual techniques rely on the caregiver to exceed the safe lifting limits for the body. So while the body mechanics may be good