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- Introduced by Sen. Dennis Olshove (D) on February 5, 2009, to acquire a certain number of acute care patient lift devices, and to establish a safe patient handling policy and policy committee to address issues related to safely lifting and moving patients.
- Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on February 5, 2009.
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1) Re: 2009 Senate Bill 193 (Require hospital patient lifts and lift policies to require hospitals ) by Indigo on April 17, 2009I also believe that this is a critical piece of legislation. As a healthcare provider I have witnessed many account where patient's were not handled appropriately often resulting in additional injuries that only add to delayed healing. Requiring the committee to be comprised of a vairety of professionals including those that do the majority of the lifting is essential to incorporating safe practices on all levels.
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This is an important piece of legislation not only for clients' safety but for the physical well being of the caregivers. If safe handling of clients is enforced, less on the job injuries are likely to occur. On the job injuries create costs to everyone.
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Introduced in the Senate on February 5, 2009
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