Preventing Back Injury in Caregivers

Caregivers injure their backs more than workers in any other industry. Efforts to reduce injuries have been on-going for decades with limited results. Mechanical lift devices have been incorporated into clinical practice over the past 30 years to reduce the risk of injury from patient lifting. Yet i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dutta, Tilak
Other Authors: Fernie, Geoff
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/32702