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Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that nursing assistants experience a 208 percent incidence of injury-related lost work days compared to only 72 percent for a construction laborer.Ī recent investigative series on NPR examined the major issues that Hercules helps solve. With more than 35,000 back and other injuries each year from lifting and moving patients, the U.S. Musculoskeletal injury rates for clinical occupations have skyrocketed alongside rising CDC obesity rates. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends that no caregiver should manually lift more than 35 pounds of a person's body weight for a vertical lifting task. Now, with Hercules, that process has been collapsed into one step – the push of a button. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration. Traditionally, protocols for moving patients safely up in bed include a more than 13 step process according to the U.S. The caregiver simply pushes a button," said Brad Frickey, executive vice president and chief manufacturing officer for Sizewise.
"For the first time, the bed sheet becomes a transport device – it effortlessly glides across the mattress, carrying the patient on top. "We are proud of how The Hercules Patient Repositioner has already provided value to patients, caregivers and hospitals, and we look forward to the larger national footprint that Sizewise can bring for this technology by offering it to customers that struggle with safe patient handling." "This agreement will only accelerate the pace at which Hercules will become the new standard of care for patient repositioning in healthcare," said Bill Hillenbrand, president and CEO of The Morel Company.
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