Safe lifting practices

A collection of recently published journal articles, books and websites all available from the Healthcare Library located on the first floor of the Ark Centre.

Databases: CINAHL, BNI and OMNI.

This list was put together using the library's internet database collection.

For access and training call the library team on 01256 313169.

Journal articles

Title: The evaluation of mechanical devices for lateral transfers on perceived exertion and patient comfort.
Source: Orthopaedic Nursing, 2006, Jan,/Feb, 25(1), p4-12, ISSN: 0744-6020.
Author(s): Pellino-T, Owen-B, Knapp-L.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

Title: Moving and handling education: educating the experienced practitioner.
Source: International Journal Therapy & Rehabilitation, 2005, Oct, 12(10), p449-53, ISSN: 1354-8581.
Author(s): Hal-N, Bryer-M.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: Dynamic duo.
Source: Nursing Standard, 2005, 18 May, 19(36), p20-1, ISSN: 0029-6570.
Author(s): Pearce-L.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

Title: Handle with care!
Source: Practising Midwife, 2005, May, 8(5), p15-9, ISSN: 1461-3123.
Author(s): Amos-D.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: Implementing moving and handling in higher education.
Source: Nursing Standard, 2005, 27 Apr, 19(33), p46-50, ISSN: 0029-6570.
Author(s): Felstead-I, Angrave-P.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: Reducing employee slips, trips, and falls during employee-assisted patient activities.
Source: Rehabilitation Nursing, 2004, Nov,/Dec, 29(6), p211-4, 230, ISSN: 0278-4807.
Author(s): Staal-C, White-B, Brasser-B.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: Creation of a safety culture: reducing workplace injuries in a rural hospital setting.
Source: AAOHN Journal, 2005 Sep, vol. 53, no. 9, p. 394-8, (11 ref), ISSN: 0891-0162.
Author(s): Hooper-J, Charney-W.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

Title: Giving a lift to nursing education.
Source: American Journal of Nursing, 2004, Nov, 104(11), p112, ISSN: 0002-936X.
Author(s): Wright-M, Taylor-C, Sagar-M.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: Supermarket home delivery staff carry UK's heaviest load.
Source: Occupational Health, 2005 Sep, vol. 57, no. 9, p. 4, ISSN: 0029-7917.
Author(s): Paton-N.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

Title: Prevention and management of back pain in nurses.
Source:Nursing Times, 2004, 12 Oct, 100(41), p28-9, ISSN: 0954-7762.
Author(s): Smith-J.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: Current issues. Strategies to improve patient and healthcare provider safety in patient handling and movement tasks.
Source: Rehabilitation Nursing, 2005 May-Jun, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 80-3, (27 ref), ISSN: 0278-4807.
Author(s): Nelson-A, Tracey-CA, Baxter-ML, Nathenson-P, Rosario-M, Rockefeller-K, Joffe-M, Harwood-KJ, Whipple-K, Le-H.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

ProQuest
Title: Adapting OSHA ergonomic guidelines to the rehabilitation setting.
Source: Rehabilitation Nursing, 2004, Jul,/Aug, 29(4), p127-30, ISSN: 0278-4807.
Author(s): Nathenson-P.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: Safe patient handling and movement conference.
Source: American Nurse, 2005 Mar-Apr, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 12, ISSN: 0098-1486.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

Title: Manual handling training: meeting the challenge.
Source: International Journal Therapy & Rehabilitation: Equipment Services, 2004, Jul, p16-21, ISSN: 1354-8581.
Author(s): Cash-J.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

Swets
Title: Patient safety and comfort during transfers in relation to nurses' work technique.
Source: Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2004, Aug, 47(3), p251-9, ISSN: 0309-2402.
Author(s): Kjellberg-K, Lagerstrom-M, Hagberg-M.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

Title: An innovative approach to reducing back and neck pain in the NICU: mandatory manual handling study days.
Source: Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 2004, Jul, 10(4), p121-2, ISSN: 1355-1841.
Author(s): Dux-C.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

Title: Assessing clients for the correct hoist or sling: a practical guide.
Source: International Journal Therapy & Rehabilitation, 2004, Apr, 11(4), p179-82, ISSN: 1354-8581.
Author(s): Rush-A.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

ProQuest
Title: ANA seeks state legislation to prevent nurse injuries.
Source: OR Manager, 2005 Apr, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 20, ISSN: 8756-8047.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

BMJ Publishing Group for NHS
Title: Using narrative text and coded data to develop hazard scenarios for occupational injury interventions.
Source: Injury Prevention, 2004 Aug, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 249-54, (22 ref), ISSN: 1353-8047.
Author(s): Lincoln-AE, Sorock-GS, Courtney-TK, Wellman-HM, Smith-GS, Amoroso-PJ.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

ProQuest
Title: The human right to dignity v physical integrity in manual handling.
Source: British Journal of Nursing, 2004, 22 Apr, 13(8), p462-8, ISSN: 0966-0461.
Author(s): Fullbrook-S.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

BMJ Publishing Group for NHS
Title: Work related injuries in small scale commercial fishing.
Source: Injury Prevention, 2004 Aug, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 217-21, (15 ref), ISSN: 1353-8047.
Author(s): Marshall-SW, Kucera-K, Loomis-D, McDonald-MA, Lipscomb-HJ.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

Title: Factors associated with staff injuries in intermediate care facilities in British Columbia, Canada.
Source: Nursing Research, 2004, Mar,/Apr, 53(2), p87-98, ISSN: 0029-6562.
Author(s): Yassi-A, Cohen-M, Cvitkovich-Y.
(COPYRIGHT BY BNI Publications, Bournemouth, UK)

Title: Legal requirements for safe handling in community care.
Source: British Journal of Community Nursing, 2004 May, vol. 9, no. 5, p. 211-5, (20 ref), ISSN: 1462-4753.
Author(s): Griffith-R, Stevens-M.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

ProQuest
Title: Preventing back injuries: safe patient handling and movement.
Source: Florida Nurse, 2004 Sep, vol. 52, no. 3, p. 3, ISSN: 0015-4199.
Author(s): Homsted-L.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

ProQuest
Title: Should patient dignity prevail over nurses' risk of injury?
Source: British Journal of Nursing, 2004 Apr 22-May 12, vol. 13, no. 8, p. 437, (3 ref), ISSN: 0966-0461.
Author(s): Scott-H.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

ProQuest
Title: Safety in mobility for patients and staff.
Source: OR Manager, 2004 May, vol. 20, no. 5, p. 12, ISSN: 8756-8047.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

ProQuest

Title: Manual handling and the lawfulness of no-lift policies.
Source: Nursing Standard, 2004 Feb 4-10, vol. 18, no. 21, p. 39-43, (27 ref), ISSN: 0029-6570.
Author(s): Griffith-R, Stevens-M.
(COPYRIGHT BY CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA, USA)

Books

Class: W372
Author: Fazel, Elaine.
Title: Health care assistants guide to moving and handling.
Publisher: London: UNISON, 1998.

Class: W340
Author: Great Britain Health and Safety Executive.
Title: Manual handling Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 guidance on regulations. 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sheffield: HSE, 1998.

Class: W372
Author: Hignett, Sue and Crumpton, Emma.
Title: Evidence-based patient handling: tasks, equipment and interventions.
Publisher: London:Routledge, 2003.

Class: W372
Author: Mandelstam, Michael.
Title: Manual handling in health and social care: an a-z of law and practice. Publisher: London: Jessica Kingsley, 2002.

Class: W372
Author: National Back Pain Association and Royal College of Nursing.
Title: Guide to the handling of patients introducing a safer handling policy. 4th ed rev
Publisher: Teddington: National Back Pain Association, 1998.

Class: W372
Author: Royal College of Nursing and National Back Exchange and Smith, Jacqui (ed).
Title: The guide to the handling of people. 5th ed.
Publisher: Teddington: BackCare, 2005.

Class: W372
Author: National Back Pain Association.
Title: Safer handling of people in the community.
Publisher: Teddington: Backcare, 1999.

Websites

Are you making the best use of lifting and handling aids?
This guidance on lifting and handlings aid was produced by the Health and Safety Executive in 2004.

Guidance in Manual Handling for Chartered Physiotherapists
This document on manual handling for chartered physiotherapists was produced by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) in January 2002.

Handle with care : patient handling and the application of ergonomics (MSI) requirements
This document has been produced by the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia and was last updated in July 2003.

Lift it safe
A series of documents, aimed at the health consumer, about the prevention of back injuries and back pain. It aims to advise the public about lifting objects safely. Published on the Web by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

Measuring the effectiveness of competency-based education and training programmes in changing the manual handling behaviour of healthcare staff
This research report on competency-based education and training programmes in changing the manual handling behaviour of health care staff was prepared for the Health and Safety Executive by Loughborough University in 2005.