Safe Patient Moving & Handling

Challenges

  • 20% of nurses’ working time is spent on patient mobility and handling (1)
  • 47% of caregivers reported back pain (2)
  • Caregivers are still at top of the number of work-related MSD’s (3)
  • Nurse turns immobile patients up to 11× per shift (4)

Solutions

Foot controls

Easy control of the hospital bed ensures the ergonomic position of the caregiver and effective handling of the patient.