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  • Title: The lifting team. A design method to reduce lost time back injury in nursing.
    Author: Charney W, Zimmerman K, Walara E.
    Journal: AAOHN J; 1991 May; 39(5):231-4. PubMed ID: 1827263.
    Abstract:
    Lifting is an art, not a random task. If risk is concentrated where it can be controlled, incident rates can be reduced dramatically. It is much easier to control the variables that lead to injury in a team of two lifting members than in a population of nurses. The lifting team study shows that a 95% reduction in lost time injuries can be obtained if a professional lifting team, rather than nurses, lift clients. Secondary benefits to the lifting team approach are: greater nursing morale, recruiting tasks become easier if nurses do not have to lift, and additional time for bedside nursing care.
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