Congress will again consider a safe patient lifting law
Hospital Safety Connection, May 27, 2009
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The third time might be a charm for supporters of a national safe patient handling and lifting law.
U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr., (D-Michigan) introduced the Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 2381) on May 13. Conyers has twice introduced similar bills to Congress, but those efforts were during the Bush administration when there was less likelihood for success because of partisan politics.
For more specifics about the bill, read the post on our OSHA Healthcare Advisor blog.
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