Webinar Series:
How often do you or your team members reposition and/or mobilize patients? In this new webinar series, research and clinical experts will share science-based safe patient handling & mobilization techniques designed to help protect patients and care teams.
Register now for some or all of this three-part series:
August 1, 2024 | 1:00PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Presented by Jacob J. Banks, PhD, Baxter
Manual patient transfers are physically demanding for healthcare workers — and these demands contribute to a high number of injury claims. This presentation will quantify the physical demands of a simple bed-to-wheelchair transfer. In doing so, we will review existing literature on transfers, familiarize the audience to the biomechanics behind estimating the demands, and ultimately demonstrate the importance of using mechanical lifts whenever feasible.
August 13, 2024 | 1:00PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Presented by Neal E. Wiggermann, PhD, Baxter
Repositioning dependent patients in bed is the most common type of patient handling activity — and it is associated with high rates of musculoskeletal disorders in healthcare workers. In this second installment of our three-part series, we will describe recent research on the biomechanics of repositioning patients, considering supportive aids like friction-reducing sheets, air-assisted devices, and specialized bed & surface features. We will show how repositioning technique and equipment can impact the risk of injury — so you can help protect yourself and your teams.
August 27, 2024 | 1:00PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Presented by Kellie Clapper, OTR/L, Nebraska Medicine
In the third and final installment of the series, Kellie Clapper, OTR/L, will provide a clinician’s perspective on the physical burdens of patient mobilization, patient transfers and repositioning — and how they can be successfully managed within a large acute-care facility. Ms. Clapper will share the practical solutions for advancing caregiver and patient safety her organization has adopted through an interdisciplinary model called “We Move Together.” Please join us for an engaging presentation applying the principles of biomechanics to practical solutions for reducing caregiver and patient harm related to patient handling and mobility.
Principal Engineer, Baxter Ergonomics Lab
Jacob Banks is a Research Scientist at Baxter International. His research focuses on applying musculoskeletal models to estimate injury risk and improve healthcare product design. He has published and presented his work in numerous international biomechanics and ergonomics conferences and peer-reviewed journals. Prior to Baxter, Jake trained as a postdoctoral research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Harvard Medical School and worked as a Research Assistant at the former Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. He has a PhD in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in biomechanics.
Sr. Specialist Research Scientist, Baxter Ergonomics Lab
President of the Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals
Neal Wiggermann is a Research Scientist in Baxter R&D. For the past 12 years he has managed a biomechanics lab that performs scientific research and product testing to inform the design of the company’s medical devices. Neal has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles and has been granted over 50 patents. He is the president of the Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals and a Senior Editor of Ergonomics in Design. Neal received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan where he specialized in ergonomics and epidemiology of workplace musculoskeletal disorders.
Occupational Therapist, Inpatient Rehabilitation Services, Nebraska Medicine
Kellie obtained her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from Creighton University in 1994 and started her career in the post-acute care setting. In 1998, she transitioned to the inpatient acute-care setting and has been the Inpatient Rehab Services Manager at Nebraska Medicine for over 26 years. She has focused her career on building and sustaining safe patient handling and mobility efforts and quality improvement initiatives for fall risk reduction in the hospital setting.
