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How Better Processes and Equipment Improve Hospital Efficiency

BFW Inc.

Research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shows that there are 75 lift-related injuries for every 10,000 full-time hospital workers, and 107 injuries for every 10,000 workers at nursing homes and residential facilities.

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

Incision

Work in the OR involves highly adaptive and task-focused collaboration between team members, often around safety-critical protocols and sophisticated equipment; intuitively, it makes sense that a history of working together would be helpful. There are significant logistical challenges to forming consistent and familiar teams.