Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes safe patient handling bill

For the 5th time in 5 years Govenor Schwarzenegger vetoes a bill that health care personell says puts them at risk. As our population gets older and that includes health care workers as well as patients this is defintely cuase for concern. Hopefull individual hospital and health care facilities take care of this themselves.

In the October 4 report, WING (Work Injured Nurses’ Group USA) statted that where safe patient lifting equipment is not available, healthcare workers must lift manually if dependent patients are to be moved at all.

According to WING. “Injuries from placing such hazardous loads on the backs of nursing staff cannot rightfully be called ‘accidents’ but are the predictable outcome of lifting dangerous amounts of weight in awkward postures,”.