March 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM EDT, 10:00 AM CDT, 9:00 AM MDT, 8:00 AM PDT
(60 minutes)

Can’t make it out to beautiful Reno, Nevada to attend the premiere Ergonomics event of the year? Don’t worry. ASSE and the Applied Ergonomics Conference are bringing a portion of the conference to you!

Each session contains two 30 minute live webcasts. During the live webcasts, you’ll be able to listen to the speakers give their presentation, view their slides and even ask them questions.

The two back-to-back sessions in this track will include:

Ergonomic Best Practices for Patient Handling
Speaker: Mike Lampl, Ergonomist, Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation

Session Overview
• A description of various equipment used to reduce lifting of residents/patients
• Usage results data in using this equipment more than 100 facilities, showing injury rate decreases
• Cost benefits information to support using this equipment

Yes, Safe Patient Handling Programs Can Work
Carys Price, Director of Employee Injury Prevention, Christiana Care Health System

Session Overview
• You will have an understanding of the basic components necessary to initiate and implement a successful safe patient handling program
• You will be able to describe equipment choice decisions based on mobilization needs of population
• You will be able to identify two new uses for equipment/devices
• You will be able to list three teaching strategies utilized for learning safe behavior practices

What You'll Walk Away With:
• Access to the archived recording of the webcast for 30 days.
• Access to the ASSE Virtual Classroom network – an online community allowing SH&E professionals to access session-related materials, share their experiences and network with other professionals.
• 0.1 CEUs

This 60 minute webcast will broadcast live at 10:00am Central/11:00am Eastern on Tuesday, March 24th.

WEBINAR Cost
• Member Price $75.00
• AIHA/ACHMM $85.00 (PLEASE NOTE: When registering online, you must enter the following coupon code for a $10.00 discount: AIHA1911 You may register online as a "Non-Member" and enter this coupon code into the field for "Registration Discount Code.")
• List Price $95.00

Select a Webinar Format:

Sorry... No formats avaiable to order at this time. Live session registrations ended at March 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM EDT, and there are no archived versions available yet. Please check back in a few days to order the archived session.