# Redesigning Patient Handling Tasks to Prevent Nursing Back Injuries

> **NCT00012844** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · enrollment: 134 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Back Pain
- Occupational Diseases

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Redesigning patient handling tasks using equip: Arjo Bianca Overhead Lift, Hill-Rom Resident Transfer Device, TranSit Chair, Total Care Bed
- **PROCEDURE:** Redesigned patient handling tasks using work practice controls: setting bed height at correct level; applying anti-embolism stockings from foot of bed

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00012844
- **Lead sponsor:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** —
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 1999-12
- **Target enrollment:** 134 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2015-04-07


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00012844

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00012844, "Redesigning Patient Handling Tasks to Prevent Nursing Back Injuries". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00012844. Licensed CC0.

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