REDUCTION IN INJURIES CORRELATED WITH THE USE OF CEILING LIFTS INFLUENCED BY STAFF PERCEPTIONS AND MANAGERIAL SUPPORT.
Patient handling remains a leading cause of work-related musculoskeletal injury among health care workers. Engineering controls such as ceiling-mounted lifts are widely recommended within safe patient handling programs, yet their realworld effectiveness varies across clinical environments. To assess...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Safe Patient Handling & Mobility (SPHM) Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 38 - 48 |
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Visioning Publishers, LLC
Jun2026
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