SAFE PATIENT HANDLING Hillary Epperson, MPA Patient Handling and Safety Product Manager Medline Industries

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1 SAFE PATIENT HANDLING Hillary Epperson, MPA Patient Handling and Safety Product Manager Medline Industries

2 OVERVIEW Lifting Over the Years Todays Lifting Landscape Safe Lifting Equipment and How to Use It

3 LIFTING OVER THE YEARS Manual lifting is not safe Centuries of documentation link manual lifting to injury Machinery appeared in the late 19 th century Safe lifting used to be good body mechanics

4 LIFTING OVER THE YEARS World Wars I and II created urgency Cripple veterans were active patients and required rehab The Oxford Lift was developed to help move these patients in the mid 1950 s

5 LIFTING OVER THE YEARS Injured nurses attracts attention from NIOSH in the 1990s Researchers found differences between even and uneven weight distribution Determined 35 lbs to be the maximum weight of an uneven load that is safe to lift

6 SAFE PATIENT HANDLING - DEFINED The use of equipment and safety procedures to lift and move patients so that health care workers can avoid using manual exertions and reduce their risk of injury while maximizing the safety and comfort of residents during handling.

7 SAFE PATIENT HANDLING - MYTHS Body mechanics training alone is effective to reduce injury Health care workers who are physically fit are less likely to be injured than others It is safe to manually lift a 100 lb. patient Mechanical lifts are not affordable Lifting patients is the only high-risk patient handling task Use of a mechanical lift eliminates the risks involved in lifting

8 SAFE PATIENT HANDLING - DEFINED The use of equipment and safety procedures to lift and move patients so that health care workers can avoid using manual exertions and reduce their risk of injury while maximizing the safety and comfort of residents during handling.

9 TODAY S LIFTING LANDSCAPE

10 TODAY S LIFTING LANDSCAPE

11 TODAY S LIFTING LANDSCAPE

12 TODAY S LIFTING LANDSCAPE Increasing risks: People are living longer Long-term care population is growing Chronic disease is on the rise Chronically ill patients require more lifting

13 TODAY S LIFTING LANDSCAPE National spotlight NPR: Injured Nurses four part series OSHA: June 2015 memorandum May 2016 memorandum

14 New OSHA Inspection Criteria

15 TODAY S LIFTING LANDSCAPE

16 TODAY S LIFTING LANDSCAPE Why use patient lifts: Using a patient lift can reduce health care worker injuries by up to 95% NIOSH, OSH, ANA recommend using lifting equipment When to manually lift The use of lifting equipment is medically restricted There is immediate danger to the patient

17 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

18 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

19 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

20 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

21 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

22 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

23 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

24 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

25 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT Best practices: Prior to using lift for first time with someone new, complete assessment and care plan Use a quick logic tool before each lift

26 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

27 SAFE LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE IT

28 Medline University CE Courses Safe Patient Handling: Lifting. Introduces the topic of Safe Patient Handling to Nurses and CNAs Beginner s guide to safe lifting Safe Patient Handling: Positioning. Introduces the topic of Safe Patient Handling to Nurses and CNAs Beginner s guide to safe positioning Safe Patient Handling for Champions. Created for clinical leadership Safe Patient Handling review In-depth guideline for creating a successful SPH program including preassessment, implementation, and evaluation 2 8

29 OVERVIEW Lifting Over the Years Todays Lifting Landscape Safe Lifting Equipment and How to Use It