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Manual handling risk management: critical care beds and support systems
Howard Griffiths,
Thomas Griffiths
Nursing Standard, Volume: 20, Issue: 32, Pages: 45 - 53
Swansea University Author: Thomas Griffiths
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DOI (Published version): 10.7748/ns2006.04.20.32.45.c4126
Abstract
This paper reviews the reduction of manual handling risk to nurses by use of technical and ergononiic features of critical care heds and support systems. The paper discusses different types of manual handling equipment such as trolleys, beds and patient platform support surfaces.
| Published in: | Nursing Standard |
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| ISSN: | 0029-6570 2047-9018 |
| Published: |
London
Royal College of Nursing
2006
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38196 |
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This paper reviews the reduction of manual handling risk to nurses by use of technical and ergononiic features of critical care heds and support systems. The paper discusses different types of manual handling equipment such as trolleys, beds and patient platform support surfaces. |
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| Keywords: |
Accident prevention; Lifting; Occupational health and safety;Patients: positioning; Risk management |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Issue: |
32 |
| Start Page: |
45 |
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53 |