Safe Patient Handling
Reasons for a Safe Lifting Environment
Resident Benefits
Real
- Reduce skin tears
- Reduce bruising
- Improve bowel and bladder programs
- Reduce resident fears of being dropped
- Gentler lifting
- Improved bathing
Potential
- Decrease incontinence
- Improved well being from decreased incontinence
- Fall reduction Improved ambulation
- Enhanced weight bearing ability
Staff Benefits
Real
- Reduced resident lifting related injuries
- Decreased fatigue
- Decreased chronic pain
- Improved efficiency
Potential
- Reduced turnover
- Improved morale
- Reduced workload
- Improved sense of administration concern
Administration Benefits
Real
- Reduced Workers Compensation Costs
- Improve workforce retention
- Reduced training costs
- Compliance to proposed OSHA guidelines
- Steps toward CMS incontinence compliance
Potential
- Enhanced recruitment
- Reduced incontinence product consumption
- Reduced laundry volume
- Maintenance of residents functional independence
Clinical Benefits
- Less bruising of residents/patients
- Reduced risk of skin tears ($150 each)
- Less chance of Urinary Tract Infections
- Bowel and Bladder program capabilities
- Ambulation Training capabilities
- Improve accuracy of taking weights
- Residents/patients kept active in transfers
- Standing practice possible
- Less chance of falls ($800 each)
- Bariatric solutions up to 1014 lbs.
Operational Benefits
- Less injuries to staff
- Less Staff Turnover
- Less Retraining
- Less Rehiring
- Improved Morale
- Social cost of injury minimized
- Staff productivity increased
Financial Benefits
- Reduced worker's comp premiums
- Reduced medical cost
- Reduced in-direct costs listed above which can be 2-10 times the direct costs.
- Ability to either write-off a lease payment, or depreciate equipment
- Reduce potential of false Workers Compensation Claims
3rd Party Administraton
A third party to administrate a lift free approach in the facility. This is a turn-key approach to insuring a program yielding results approaching 100% reduction of patient/resident handling incidents. A service we use often is Prevent, Inc., the industry leader in this market. Find out more about Prevent at www.getalift.com.
Call to discuss a Safe Lifting Environment approach that’s right for your facility. 1-800-883-3905