NYS & CSEA Partnership

Safe Patient Handling Resources

• New York State Zero Lift Task Force contains information on topics such as patient and facility benefits, fact sheets, cost benefit analysis, and educational materials.
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention Safe Patient Handling contains information on research, blogs, publications, legislation, and conferences.
• Safe Patient Handling and Movement has additional resources from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Safe Patient and Handling Movement on program and design directive, nursing school modules, presentations, and resource guides.
• View a diagram [pdf] that describes the 6-steps to implementing a safe patient handling program.
• Use the Safe Patient Handling Assessment Tool by Kaleida Health to determine criteria to use in different situations.
• Lift Inspection Checklist is an easy-to-use checklist for mechanical devices.
• NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training Safety and Health Grants Program Guidelines provide a description of the program, guidelines, criteria, and includes an application form.
• Public Employee Federation's Safety and Health Initiative Program details the criteria for awarding grants.
• Safe Patient Instructor Power Point is a PowerPoint presentation called Back Safety, Safe Patient Handling, and Assisted Mobility Skills that was used to train the staff at the Finger Lakes DDSO.
• Zero Lift Policy 1380 includes simple to use competency checklists for safe patient handling equipment.
• Zero Lift Policy Revised 2008 is the NYS Veterans' Home at Batavia's policy for safe patient handling. It can be used as a resource or a template for a facility looking to develop their own policies and procedures.
• SPH Policy draft 4-20-12 is the Finger Lakes DDSO's draft policy for safe patient handling. It can be used as a resource or a template for a facility looking to develop their own policies and procedures.

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