Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts

Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts
ISBN-10
0203491777
ISBN-13
9780203491775
Category
Medical
Pages
368
Language
English
Published
2003-07-28
Publisher
CRC Press
Authors
William Charney, Anne Hudson

Description

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently calculated nearly 60,000 musculoskeletal injuries to healthcare workers resulting from heavy lifting during attempts to move patients. Often the nurses, aides, orderlies, and attendants who suffered permanent injuries were forced out of the profession, straining an already inadequate pool of workers and

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