At the Occupation Safety and Health Administration website there is a powerpoint presentation titled "How to Establish a Zero Lift Policy That Works" .
This reminds me of when I worked at a skilled nursing facility. During the Certified Nursing Assistant training, Acute Care, and Home Health training, we practiced using a Hoyer Lift in class on each other. It was important to know what it felt like to be the person who is being lifted. When you are operating the Lift later, you can sense how the person who is being lifted feels and adjust everything for that person's comfort.
When the class that I took first saw a Lift it appeared strange looking, but after we got accustomed to using it and practicing on each other it was an accepted part of our routine.
The presentation is about a facility that established a program that uses a Lift and the presentation shows photos demonstrating the Lift. The Lift is a device that does the work of lifting patients, helping to avoid injuries to the people who are doing the lifting.
The presentation describes the step by step program.
For a variety of information you can go to OSHA's website at http://www.OSHA.gov
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Safe Lifting, Legislature, and Caregiver Injuries
Many websites dealing with nurses, caregivers and others who lift patients have news regarding current or proposed legislation to reduce manual lifting by using lifting devices.
When I worked for a skilled nursing facility we had several types of lift devices, and we were trained in how to use them. If someone is not accustomed to using lifts, or if a patient is not used to being lifted with lifts, training and experience can help people become comfortable with it.
At first the lift may look like a strange foreign object, but the caregivers using it and the people being lifted, became accustomed to it as part of the usual routine.
It can be part of a behavior modification. At the facility where I worked, everyone was accustomed to using lifting devices. The lifting devices helped to prevent back and other injuries in the caregivers, and injuries to the patients.
Below is a quote from the OSHA website regarding reducing manual lifting of patients in nursing homes.
Providing an alternative to manual resident lifting is the primary goal of the ergonomics process in the nursing home setting and of these guidelines. OSHA recommends that manual lifting of residents be minimized in all cases and eliminated when feasible. "
At the website safeliftingportal.com there is a legislative update which refers to Minnesota's goal of minimizing manual lifting of patients by nurses and other workers.
"by January 1, 2008, every licensed health care facility in the state shall adopt a written safe patient handling program establishing the facility's plan to achieve by January 1, 2011, the goal of minimizing manual lifting of patients by nurses and other direct patient care workers by utilizing safe patient handling equipment."
Visit http://ros.leg.mn/bin/bldbill.php"
The safeliftingportal website offers a huge variety of information about recent legislature, reducing manual lifting, lift devices that are available, and avoiding injuries from lifting people.
For a list of ways to prevent injury you can visit http://safety.duke.edu/ergonomics/ways_to_prevent_injury.asp .
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has its website at http://www.osha.gov/ and information about injuries from caregivers and other workers lifting people is available there.
When I worked for a skilled nursing facility we had several types of lift devices, and we were trained in how to use them. If someone is not accustomed to using lifts, or if a patient is not used to being lifted with lifts, training and experience can help people become comfortable with it.
At first the lift may look like a strange foreign object, but the caregivers using it and the people being lifted, became accustomed to it as part of the usual routine.
It can be part of a behavior modification. At the facility where I worked, everyone was accustomed to using lifting devices. The lifting devices helped to prevent back and other injuries in the caregivers, and injuries to the patients.
Below is a quote from the OSHA website regarding reducing manual lifting of patients in nursing homes.
Providing an alternative to manual resident lifting is the primary goal of the ergonomics process in the nursing home setting and of these guidelines. OSHA recommends that manual lifting of residents be minimized in all cases and eliminated when feasible. "
At the website safeliftingportal.com there is a legislative update which refers to Minnesota's goal of minimizing manual lifting of patients by nurses and other workers.
"by January 1, 2008, every licensed health care facility in the state shall adopt a written safe patient handling program establishing the facility's plan to achieve by January 1, 2011, the goal of minimizing manual lifting of patients by nurses and other direct patient care workers by utilizing safe patient handling equipment."
Visit http://ros.leg.mn/bin/bldbill.php"
The safeliftingportal website offers a huge variety of information about recent legislature, reducing manual lifting, lift devices that are available, and avoiding injuries from lifting people.
For a list of ways to prevent injury you can visit http://safety.duke.edu/ergonomics/ways_to_prevent_injury.asp .
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has its website at http://www.osha.gov/ and information about injuries from caregivers and other workers lifting people is available there.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Lifting Devices Help Caregivers By Doing the Lifting for Them
There are many places where electronic or manual lifts can be rented or purchased. For a start on photos of lifts and information there is a website at rehabmart that shows some of the lifts available.
There are a variety of electronic and manual lifts. The caregivers need to have special training in operating the lift but it is not complicated.
When I worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at a skilled nursing facility the nurses and nursing assistants used lifting devices and electronic lifts regularly. This was for the safety of both the nurses and the people who were being lifted.
The sling provides a safe, comfortable type of seat for the person being lifted, and using a Lift device protects the nurses from injuring their backs and knees.
There are a variety of electronic and manual lifts. The caregivers need to have special training in operating the lift but it is not complicated.
When I worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant at a skilled nursing facility the nurses and nursing assistants used lifting devices and electronic lifts regularly. This was for the safety of both the nurses and the people who were being lifted.
The sling provides a safe, comfortable type of seat for the person being lifted, and using a Lift device protects the nurses from injuring their backs and knees.
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