Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . From the start of rehabilitation, it took a median of 1 day for patients given a mobile patient lift to stand vs ...

Taking a load off nurses: Hospitals eye installing patient lifts but face technical, cost challenges Manufacturers of patient-handling devices see an opportunity to expand their businessin the U.S.

HONOLULU (July 8, 2014) -- Tripler Army Medical Center here has completed the installation of 41 patient lift systems into private and semi-private patient rooms to enhance staff and patient safety, ...

Nursing employees have historically been taught to use “proper body mechanics” to safely lift and move patients, but researchers concluded there is no safe way to manually complete the task, according ...

ROXBURY (CBS) - The obesity problem in America has been creating some unique challenges for emergency workers, as some patients they are trying to save are too large for the emergency equipment.

There is really no way to lift or reposition a hospital patient without significant risk of back injury to the caregiver, a new study finds. In a quest to determine how best to reposition or lift ...