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How They Did It — Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

Who:  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center


            Long Beach, California


 


The Problem:          In a health care environment, the potential for injuries associated with patient lifting can be high, but previous patient transfer programs were either ignored, met with resistance or proved to be impractical.


 


The Solution:          Zero Manual Patient Lift

This article originally appeared in The Ergonomics Report™ on 2003-08-01.