Downloads
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AHRQ –
New report evaluating back pain therapies
February, 2009 (PDF)(673 KB) -
NIOSH – Safe Lifting (PDF)(4MB) - February 2006
- OSHA Ergonomic guidelines for nursing homes (1.15 MB)
- A back injury guide for health care providers (2.24 MB)
- Safe patient handling and movement (481 KB)
- Program evaluation and outcome measures (357 KB)
- Healthcare at the crossroads - JCAHO white paper (273 KB)
- Patient lift and transfer resources (41 KB)
- Caring for ourselves to care for our patients (25.5 KB)
- Emerging nurse shortages due to multiple factors (156 KB)
- Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction (112 KB)
- Abstract: A comprehensive analysis of low-back disorder risk and spinal loading during the transferring and repositioning of patients using different techniques (25.5 KB)
- OSHA Technical manual (145 KB)
- OSHA
Announces Comprehensive Plan To Reduce Ergonomic Injuries
(28 KB) - OSH Act of 1970: General duty (25.5 KB)
- Nursing Home Company Settles Case -- Beverly Adopts Ergonomic Measures To Reduce Back Injuries (21.5 KB)
- Bariatric patient equipment considerations (28.5 KB)
- Body mass index (BMI) table (14.3 KB)
- Criteria for analyzing/reducing WMSD hazards for employers who choose the specific performance approach. (appendix B) - Washington Administrative Code (WAC 296-62-05174) (303 KB)
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Hazard zone checklist (appendix B) - Washington Administrative Code (WAC
296-62-05174)
(860 KB) - Caution Zone Checklist - Washington Administrative Code (WAC 296-62-05105) (1.20 MB)
- WISHA Appendix B: Calculator for analyzing lifting operations (96 KB)
- Equipment criteria worksheet (42.5 KB)
- Safe patient handling and movement policy draft (12.1 KB)
- Cost of musculoskeletal injuries: Outcome-based cost benefit analysis worksheet (86.2 KB)