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Kristi Haglund¹, Jennifer Kyle, Marsha Finkelstein

¹Safety and Security Department, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. kristi.haglund@childrensmn.org <kristi.haglund@childrensmn.org>

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Implementing a pediatric safe patient-handling program significantly reduced nursing staff injuries by 71.4%. This initiative also lowered the perceived risk associated with patient-handling tasks in a hospital setting.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare safety
Occupational health
Pediatric nursing

Background:

Musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent among nurses due to patient-handling tasks.
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota aimed to mitigate these occupational injuries.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of a pediatric safe patient-handling program.
To reduce the incidence of work-related injuries in nursing staff.

Main Methods:

Implementation of an innovative pediatric safe patient-handling program.
Analysis of workers' compensation claims data pre- and post-implementation.
Review of patient-handling task risk perception surveys.

Main Results:

A 71.4% reduction in incident rates was observed post-implementation compared to pre-implementation rates.
Surveys indicated a significant decrease in the perceived risk of patient-handling tasks.

Conclusions:

The pediatric safe patient-handling program was highly effective in reducing occupational injuries.
The program improved the safety perception among nursing staff regarding patient-handling tasks.