Patient Handling

The complexities of patient handling are many and varied.

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The manual handling of people is the major cause of nurse and carer injury and work cover claims. Patient repositioning and transfer is always challenging.

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The use of Easy Move slide sheets reduces:

• The degree of difficulty, when used as an aid in patient handling;

• injury risk to nurses and carers;

• carer stress

Easy Move slide sheets are the single most important patient handling aid to reduce the degree of difficulty during patient handling.

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As efficient slide sheets are a defining safety feature in the home and workplace, patient handlers should select the most efficient and durable slide sheets available to ensure improved patient handling outcomes.