Improving Patient Care, Nurse Health, and Cost-Savings: The Hercules Patient Repositioner
Patient handling, such as boosting, transferring, and sliding, is a common activity in health care, with the average caregiver boosting eleven times per shift. This results in a physical burden for staff due to the frequency of lifting/lowering or pushing/pulling movements that require high forces and awkward or static postures as well as increased patient…
