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Development of a Novel Task-oriented Rehabilitation Program using a Bimanual Exoskeleton Robotic Hand
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The RCN this month launches a long-term campaign attempting to reduce injuries to nurses by abolishing almost all lifting by nurses. The campaign will be accompanied by new RCN literature and legal advice. Both the RCN and the UKCC anticipate that community nursing may be a problematic area for the introduction of non-lifting policies. The implementation of a minimum-lifting policy at one NHS trust is studied, and the early results reported.
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