Creating Awareness
& Fostering Education

Articles Include:

• Evaluating the Effect of Bed Surfaces on the Physical Demands Placed on Handlers During Lateral Transfers of Patients

• Comparative Force Test of Products Used for Patient Repositioning in Bed to Improve Employee Compliance of Safe Patient Handling Equipment

• Use of Air Friction Reduction Devices to Minimize Team Member Injuries and Patient Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries

• 2026 Safe Patient Handling & Movement Technology Innovation Award