Patient Handling and Movement Assessments, 2nd edition (Ch. 4)
Comprehensive guide to develop, implement, and maintain facility Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Programs
Patient Handling and Mobility Assessments (fgiguidelines.org)
Patient Handling and Movement Assessments, 2nd edition (Ch.3)
Includes information on simple Cost Benefit Analyses (CBA) as well as a summary of Decision Analysis, a comprehensive analytical method that produces an executive level CBA.
Patient Handling and Mobility Assessments (fgiguidelines.org)
VA Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Guidebook
VA Bariatric Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Guidebook: A Resource Guide for Care of Persons of Size
http://www.tampavaref.org/safe-patient-handling/implementation-tools.htm or https://www.publichealth.va.gov/employeehealth/patient-handling/index.asp
Ergonomics: Manual Handling of People in the Healthcare Sector
(ISO Technical Report (TR) 12296)
http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51310
http://www.asphp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ArjoHuntleigh-Summary-ISO-TR-12296.pdf (Summary)
Patient Handling and Movement Assessments, 2nd edition (Ch.2)
Patient Handling and Mobility Assessments (fgiguidelines.org)
VA Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Design Guidelines
‘Safe Patient Handling’ App
Can be accessed by iPhone and android users.
Link to HTML version of App: https://veteran.mobile.va.gov/sph/
Safe Patient Handling and Mobility, 2nd Edition | ANA (nursingworld.org)
SPHM Interprofessional National Standards (ANA) (2013)
http://nursingworld.org/Safe-Patient-Handling-and-Mobility
Implementation Guide to the SPHM Interprofessional National Standards (ANA) (2013)
Powell-Cope, G., Toyinbo, P, Patel, N., Rugs, D., Elnitsky, C., Hahm, B., Sutton, B., Campbell, R., Besterman-Dahan, K., Matz, M., & Hodgson, M. (2014). Effects of a National Safe Patient Handling Program on Nursing Injury Incidence Rates. Journal of Nursing Administration, 44(10):525-34. https://journals.lww.com/jonajournal/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2014&issue=10000&article=00007&type=abstract.
Nelson, A.L.; M. Matz; F. Chen; K. Siddharthan; J. Lloyd; G. Fragala. “Development and Evaluation of a Multifaceted Ergonomics Program to Prevent Injuries Associated with Patient Handling Tasks.” Journal of International Nursing Studies 43:717–33(2006).
Hodgson, M., Matz, M., & Nelson, A. (2013). Patient handling in the Veterans Health Administration: facilitating change in the health care industry. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55(10):1230-7.
Waters, T. R. When is it safe to manually lift a patient?” American Journal of Nursing 107(6):40–45 (2007). https://www.asphp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/When_Is_It_Safe_To_Manually_Lift_A_Patient.pdf
Hignett, S. (2003). Systematic review of patient handling activities starting in lying, sitting, and standing positions. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 41(6), 545-552. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10868240_Systematic_review_of_patient_handling_activities_starting_in_lying_sitting_and_standing_positions
Hignett, S., Crumpton, E., Ruszala, S., Alexander, P., Fray, M., & Fletcher, B. (2003). Evidence-Based Patient Handling: Tasks. Equipment and Interventions, New York: Routledge.
PATIENT MOBILIZATION
National Public Radio (2015) People With Brain Injuries Heal Faster If They Get Up And Get Moving. ‘Your Health’, Gretchen Cuda Kroen, July 6, 2015. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/06/419519145/people-with-brain-injuries-heal-faster-if-they-get-up-and-get-moving?
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Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals and American Nurses Association (2013) Advancing the Science and Technology of Progressive Mobility. http://www.asphp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1400387-ASPHP_ANA_Whitepaper-HR.pdf
Wald, H.L.., Ramaswamy, R., Perskin, M.H., Roberts, L., Bogaisky, M., Wuen, W., and Mikhailovich, A. The Case for Mobility Assessment in Hospitalized Older Adults. A White Paper from the American Geriatrics Society. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019; 67(1):11-16(ISSN: 1532-5415)
SPHM and THERAPY
APTA position on SPHM in The Role of Physical Therapy in Safe Patient Handling and other papers are found at: http://www.apta.org/search.aspx?q=safe%20patient%20handling.
Darragh, A., Campo, M., Frost, L., Miller, M., Pentico, M., and Margulis, H. Safe-Patient-Handling Equipment in Therapy Practice: Implications for Rehabilitation. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy 67, no 1 (Jan-Feb 2013):45-53.
Campo, M., Weiser, S., Koenig, K., Nordin, M. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Physical Therapists: A Prospective Cohort Study With 1-Year Follow-up. Physical Therapy, Volume 88, Issue 5, 1 May 2008, Pages 608–619. https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/88/5/608/2742411.