"The Prevent staff was absolutely wonderful! The overall program is excellent."

Leslie Costa, PH.D.. RN, CWCN, COCN
Director of Clinical Program Support
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

 

The Get A Lift!® Program Resources and Suggested Readings

Index of Articles featuring Prevent, Inc.™

New Industry Articles

2007 NIOSH Programs, WorkLife initiative, NIOSH funded research grants

"Hospitals go XL to help patients - Dignity and safety are key", www.freep.com, Patricia Anstett, 11/11/07

Celebrating Quality; Swedish American Publication, Quality section www.swedishamerican.org 

Avoiding Patient Falls in Radiology; AllBusiness.com, Virginia Vanderford, 09/01/00

Governor Meets with CHA Executive Committee, Connecticut Hospital Association, 02/22/07

Patient-handling innovations ease strain, reduce injuries at Burnsville hospital; Thisweek Newspapers, John Gessner, 10/26/07

"Safe Patient-handling Grant Program", www.raconline.com

"Safe Patient Handling Program: One Institution's Experience", by Vivienne E. Friday, MSN, RN, Connecticut Nursing News, June-August 2007, Volume 80, Issue 2 

"No Lift Success Story", by Hans Sigvardsson, Betty Bogue, Occupational Health & Safety,  July 2004

"Caring for the Caregivers", Lawrence and Memorial Newsletter Fall 2006
 
"Health-care workers let their equipment do heavy lifting" by William Hageman,

October 17, 2006, Chicago Tribune

"Nurses At L&M Get A Big Lift", TheDay.com, November 11, 2007, Judy Benson

"Implementing Change", Constellation, Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Sping 2006

"Implementation of a Safe Patient Handling Program", Nursing Monitor, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Vol. 8 # 3, July/august/September 2007"

" Safe Patient Handling Program implementation is underway" by Sharon Haney, RN, MSN , INFINITY, (Wake Forest  University Baptist Medical Center employee publication), June 14, 2007. 

FIRST HAND 
 A Publication For Employees of Lawrence and memorial Hospital  June 1, 2007

"My Aching Back!", in Nursing Spectrum , December, 2005, published by Gannett Company, Inc.

"Catholic Healthcare West" , in Risk Management Magazine, December 2005, published by Risk and Insurance Managment Society, Inc.

Articles by Betty Bogue, President, Prevent, Inc.™

"Caregiving - A Look At No-Manual Lift Programs", in Provider Magazine, February, 2001, published by the American Healthcare Association.
"Long-term Care | Giving a Lift to an Injury-Prone Industry", published in HealthLeaders Magazine, Jan/Feb 2000. 
 
Suggested Readings 

"Healthcare Officials respond to Recent NYT Article Entitled '9 of 10 Nursing Homes Lack Adequate Staff' ", February 2002, American Healthcare Association.
OSHA Announces Comprehensive Plan To Reduce Ergonomic Injuries, OSHA National News Release April 5, 2002. 
 
Resources - Betty Bogue Quoted in OSHA News 
The Business Case for OSHA's Nursing Home Ergonomics Guidelines - 06/26/2003.

The Occupational Safety and Health Reporter, published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Washington D.C.