Guidelines/Recommendations

Safe Patient Handling Programs: Learn from the Leaders

This document provides information from leading hospitals that have implemented and benefitted from safe patient handling...

Webinar Slides

Veterans Health Administration: A Model Safe Patient Handling and Movement Program

A PowerPoint presentation presenting a sample model for a safe patient handling and movement program.

Guidelines/Recommendations

Massachusetts Nurses Association: Safe Patient Handling Toolkit

A comprehensive guide to safe patient handling from the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The guide addresses many issues...

Guidelines/Recommendations

Safe Patient Handling: Busting the Myths

Facts about moving patients, the use of mechanical equipment and creating a change of culture.

Assessment tools

Safe Patient Handling: A Self-Assessment

This self-assessment tool examines the number and nature of patient handling injuries occurring in your organization.

Checklists

Safe Patient Handling Program Checklist

Use this checklist to compare your current policies and practices against best practices in safe patient handling.

Guidelines/Recommendations

Functional Activity and Mobility: Documentation for Hospitalized Adults from Johns Hopkins

Tools for improving patient outcomes in activity and mobility. It addresses incorporating safe patient handling into care...

Assessment tools

Duke Moves: The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool

This bedside mobility assessment tool can be utilized to test a patient’s ability to move safely.

Assessment tools

Duke Moves: BMAT-Adult Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool

Nurses can use this tool to assess patient mobility at the bedside. It facilitates decision making as to the proper lifting...

Flyer/Sign/Poster

Need a Lift? Just Ask Flyer

Post this flyer in patient rooms to remind them to call if they need to be moved or lifted.

Guidelines/Recommendations

AORN Guidance Statement: Safe Patient Handling and Movement in the Perioperative Setting

This guide provides resources for safe patient handling and movement in surgical areas. It was developed by identifying...

Guidelines/Recommendations

Lifting and Material Handling

Injuries in the workplace are frequently caused by lifting heavy items. This document provides tips on the correct way to...

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