Lawmakers seek to eliminate manual lifting
MDS 3.0 Insider, January 8, 2016
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Long-Term Living reports that a bill that aims to establish national occupational standards to eliminate manual lifting of patients by healthcare workers is drawing support from the American Nurses Association (ANA). The bill calls for lifting technology to be used instead.
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