Moving and Lifting Patients (definition)

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Definition: Moving or repositioning patients within their beds, from bed to bed, bed to chair, or otherwise from one posture or surface to another.

do not confuse with PATIENT TRANSFER (interfacility or intrahospital transfer for administrative reasons with regard to special care or economics) or with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS or with PATIENT POSITIONING
See Also Patient Positioning; Transportation of Patients

Other names Repositionings, Patient; Repositioning, Patient; Patient Repositionings; Patient Movings; Patient Liftings; Patient Handlings; Movings, Patient; Moving, Patient; Liftings, Patient; Lifting, Patient; Handlings, Patient; Handling, Patient; Patient Repositioning; Patient Moving; Patient Lifting; Patient Handling; Patient Moving and Lifting

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