“Doing the Heavy Lifting: Health Care Workers Take Back Their Backs”
Morse T, Fekieta R, Rubenstein H, Warren N, Alexander D, Wawzyniecki P. “Doing the Heavy Lifting: Health Care Workers Take Back Their Backs”. NEW SOLUTIONS A Journal Of Environmental And Occupational Health Policy 2008, 18: 207-219. PMID: 18511397, DOI: 10.2190/ns.18.2.j.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBack InjuriesCurriculumHealth FacilitiesHealth Facility AdministrationHealth PersonnelHumansIncidenceInservice TrainingLiftingOccupational DiseasesPrevalenceSafety ManagementUnited StatesConceptsHealth care workersCare workersMusculoskeletal disorder prevalencePatient handling tasksSafe patient-handling programsHealth care staffCost of injuriesBack schoolDisorder prevalenceBack injuriesCare staffTraining programNurses AssociationHealth careLifting programsHeavy liftingInjuryConsistent documentationAssociationCost savingsHospitalHandling tasksPrevalenceIncidenceWorkers