Reducing Injuries
Workplace injuries
Using PATRANs can eliminate injuries that can occur from boosting, repositioning and transferring patients. This can help building a happier, healthier workplace.
Nursing ranks among the top 10 most hazardous occupation for injuries to muscles and joints, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chronic back pain and related workplace injuries are the leading reasons nurses leave the profession. PATRANs can help prevent this from happening in your organization.
Patient safety
Using PATRANs can reduce patient anxiety about being lifted. The original PATRAN, as well as the PATRAN G and PATRAN I, all unfold to 72 inches long providing slip and protection from head to toe for most patients.
PATRANs eliminate skin shear, a problem that leaves patients vulnerable to infection.
The extremely thin sheet is rarely felt by patients, providing comfort during transfer and repositioning. Sliding is more secure and stable than lifting and cause less pain and result in fewer patient injuries.