Processes and Outcomes of the Veterans Health Administration Safe Patient Handling Program: Study Protocol
BackgroundHealth care workers, such as nurses, nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants, who manually move patients, are consistently listed in the top professions for musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These MSIs are typically caused by high-risk patient caregiving a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JMIR Publications
2013-11-01
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| Series: | JMIR Research Protocols |
| Online Access: | http://www.researchprotocols.org/2013/2/e49/ |