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.
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