Investments in Safe Patient Handling
Investments in safe patient handling can include permanent or portable lifts, transfer sheets and other equipment, training on equipment use and maintenance, implementation of a "minimal lift" policy that eliminates manual handling whenever possible, and/or a dedicated "lift team" that travels through the hospital moving patients with proper equipment.
Safe Patient Handling Cost Savings
While the costs for instituting such programs can be significant, several studies have shown that the initial capital investment in safe patient handling policies, programs, and equipment can be recovered in fewer than five years.
The map on this section shows some examples reported from safe patient handling case studies across the United States.
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4-3. How soon can an initial capital investment in safe patient handling policies, programs, and equipment be recovered?
- Most likely less than 12 months
- Could take as long as 10 years
- Fewer than five years
- In less than a year
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