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 ...

Safe patient handling programs help reduce nurse injuries. Working in healthcare poses many safety concerns, including exposure to illness, physical injury, and workplace violence. According to the ...

Hospital and health system risk managers are most concerned about patient handling, according to a recent Aon report, Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer. About a third of hospital employee ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and The Joint Commission sent a letter to hospitals advocating safe handling of drugs, ...

The Premier Safety Institute, which is a part of Premier, a healthcare alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000 other healthcare sites, offers a downloadable OSHA bloodborne pathogen ...

Loss aversion is the concept that losses are more psychologically impactful than gains. This is the most important idea in behavioral decision-making (1,2,3) and plays a huge role in healthcare. Loss ...

Violence against healthcare workers - perpetrated by clients and/or their friends and families - is a growing problem that can severely impact healthcare delivery, but there is limited evidence on the ...