Safe Patient Handling Short Leaflet
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The Total Lift Bed™ - Safe Patient Handling System Work related musculoskeletal disorders in nurses and health care workers are the leading and most costly occupational health problem in the U.S., costing over $20 billion each year. These injuries occur in all healthcare environments; acute care, nursing homes, LTAC’s, and home health. These injuries cause life altering: career ending, disabling, and chronic conditions to nurses and other health care workers. The leading cause of these injuries is the result of repeated manual lifting, transferring, and repositioning of patients and residents. Back injuries due to manual patient handling remain the #1 injury reported in healthcare. These injuries leave 50% or more working in chronic pain and 12% leaving the profession annually. With 100,000 vacant RN positions today and the projected vacancy rate to be 340,000 by 2020, the U.S. cannot afford to continue losing health care workers to back injuries that can be prevented. A nursing assistant is seven times more likely to sustain a back injury than any other category of worker in the U.S. The solution to injury prevention as well as patient safety is to implement safe patient handling programs that include assistive devices and equipment. Some states have already passed mandatory safe patient handling laws and the Senate and House have introduced similar legislation that would mandate elimination of manual lifting except in emergencies. Use of the Total Lift Bed (TLB) meets such requirements. Remember, there is no safe way to manually lift a patient even with multiple caregivers. The new Total Lift Bed by VitalGo is the cornerstone of a dynamic safe patient handling program. With just a press of a button you can bring the patient to any position desired with no lifting by staff. The ability to change a patient’s position is vital to a positive outcome and when the caregiver can do so easily and safely, patients are moved and repositioned more often. Even when there is no other safe patient handling equipment available or when space or staff are limited, the Total Lift Bed can be utilized safely and efficiently.

The Total Lift Bed™ Safe Patient Handling System The Patented (pending) technology of the Total Lift Bed moves the Foot Lifter™ towards the feet of the patient /client, and only after making contact will start tilting him, while the bed tilts, and upon reaching the proper angle the Foot Lifter™ will gradually move down so when the bed is in fully standing position the Foot Lifter will be parallel to the floor, allowing the patient/client to simply walk out of bed, with or without assistance. The Total Lift Bed integrates with other safe lifting equipment like lifts, slide sheets, and...