Healthcare Back Safety Videos

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Whether your staff is moving patients, test tubes, laundry or food, they need to protect their backs from undue stress. All healthcare workers have a high risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders or back injuries.

Prevention of falls should be the focus of your healthcare facility. Two-thirds of seniors who have fallen will have a repeat fall within six months. The focus of preventive action needs to be centered on awareness of conditions that predispose a person to fall. This program provides practical guidelines to identify risks.

"Safe Lifting in Healthcare Environments: for Office and Maintenance Personnel" discusses how lifting and carrying things can affect the back, and how non-medical personnel can use safe lifting techniques to help them avoid back injuries in a healthcare facility.