• State - Missouri and Illinois
• Company - BJC Health System, St. Louis, Missouri
• Employees - 460 direct patient staff at 6 sites
• The Problem - Staff responsible for assisting dependent residents were at a high risk for occupational injuries from high risk activities
• The Solution - A zero-lift policy that uses state-of-the art equipment to assist with patient transfers, training in use of equipment, and a medical management program
  

In this success story, direct patient care staff who were responsible for assisting dependent residents were at a high risk for occupational injuries.

Identified high risks activities included: transfers in and out of bed; in and out of bath tubs; showers and whirlpools; on and off toilets; repositioning in bed; and lifting; and lifting a resident who had collapsed from the floor.

An intervention program was implemented using a best practices injury prevention program. The prevention program was based on the use of state of the art lifting equipment to assist nursing staff with resident transfers, a training program for nursing staff on how to use the lifting equipment, and a medical management program.