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Implementing a no lift policy

02 September 1998

Nursing Standard

Clinical

On January 1 1997, 178 nurses at the Centre for the Health of Older People in Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, agreed on a New Year’s resolution with a difference. A...

A study of nurses’ attitudes towards mechanical aids

16 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Publication of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (HSE 1992) focused attention on the use of mechanical aids for the purposes of moving and handling....

A Delphi study examining standards for patient handling

28 July 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article presents the findings of a local initiative to develop practice standards for patient handling in a specialist orthopaedic hospital. The changes in...

An evaluation of mechanical aids used within the NHS

30 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This paper describes Phase III of the study of mechanical aids used within the NHS, the aim of which was to evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of...

A study into clients’ attitudes towards mechanical aids

23 October 1996

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

In the second article of three (the first appeared in last week’s issue), the authors describe Phase II of the study ‘An Evaluation of Mechanical Aids used within...

Injury caused by lifting: a study of the nurse’s viewpoint

07 August 1996

Nursing Standard

Lifting and handling

The predictive accident ratio models of Heinrich (1931), Bird and Germain (1966), Fletcher and Douglas (1971) and Tye (1976) demonstrated a consistent relationship...

Lifting injury: a study of the occupational health perspective

19 March 1997

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article reports the results of a national questionnaire survey of 66 occupational health staff regarding the circumstances of nurse injury. Eight causative...

Defining and implementing a ‘no lifting’ standard

24 July 1996

Nursing Standard

Lifting and handling