Guidelines/Recommendations
Beyond Getting Started: A Resource Guide for Implementing a Safe Patient Handling Program in the Acute Care Setting
A resource guide addressing patient handling with the goal of providing necessary tools for occupational health...
Guidelines/Recommendations
Safe Patient Handling Programs: Effectiveness and Cost Savings
Safe patient handling programs pay for themselves. This resource provides information on the effectiveness and cost savings...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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