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Safe Patient Handling, UCSF Science of Caring

California El Camino Real Association of Occupational Health Nurses

Hospitals are among the country’s most hazardous workplaces, with an estimated 224,700 work-related illnesses and injuries recorded in 2017, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.That incidence rate surpasses the construction industry. The physical demands on nurses certainly contribute to these numbers, says Soo-Jeong Lee, associate professor at the UC San Francisco ...
scienceofcaring.ucsf.edu

 https://scienceofcaring.ucsf.edu/research/do-safe-patient-handling-laws-protect-nurses-job-injuries


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