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Hospitals are dangerous workplaces, as indicated by a 2007 Bureau of Labor Statistics study…

The study concluded that 6 of the top 10 most dangerous occupations for back injury are found in the hospital setting.

Nurses are more than twice as likely as truck drivers and construction workers to be injured on the job. Over 50% of all nurses complain of severe back pain, with nearly 2 out of 5 requiring time off due to that pain. One in eight nurses leave the profession prematurely due to debilitating injuries – resulting in turnover costs to facilities which average $40,000-$60,000 in recruitment and training expenses. In short, hospitals are turning their staff into the very patients they serve. Not only do the current hazardous lifting procedures put employees at risk, but patients are also being injured from drops, falls, and preventable pressure ulcers. This has created dissatisfaction for everyone involved: patients, staff and administration.

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Atlas Lift Tech is the premier safe patient handling service provider for acute care, long term care and nursing facilities. Our primary focus is to optimize the safety and comfort of your patients and caregivers. In doing so, Atlas provides sustainable safe patient handling programs that deliver: Safety, Satisfaction and Savings.

These benefits result from our evidence-based practices, which stand to immediately elevate your standard of care and continually improve quality throughout your facility. We offer a wide range of solutions customized to meet your facility’s needs – working with you through the entire process to ensure that your patients and staff are satisfied with the program every step of the way. By providing the cutting edge infrastructure you need to comply with minimal-lift and zero-lift policies, we take the culture shock out of culture change.

In addition to these benefits, Atlas programs are designed to comply with state safe patient handling legislation. California has passed the most recent version of this legislation, AB 1136, requiring facilities to implement safe patient handling programs that stay true to a particular model. Atlas is ready to protect your employees from injury while protecting your facility from costly fines.

Whether you are looking for a full service lift team, minimal lift program or a complete training model – we have a solution for you. While each of our programs is different, our mission stays the same: “Enhancing Patient Safety, While Preventing Employee Injury.”

Atlas recognizes the complexity of the high-volume, high-risk world of safe patient handling, and we are prepared to collaborate with you to overcome the new challenges inherently associated with new solutions. We put together the pieces of the safe patient handling puzzle, so that any facility may enjoy the reputation and financial benefits associated with a successful program.

Atlas’ Safe Patient Handling Services:

Full Service Lift Team Program               Set Up & Management Program                      Training Program

Working with your staff, we accommodate your safe patient handling needs in order to provide the most efficient and effective solution for your institution – taking the ‘risk’ out of your risk management program.

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