Patient safety alert issued to prevent avoidable harm from hoists

Health and care organisations have been told to take a series of ‘urgent and practical steps’ to reduce avoidable harms when using patient hoists. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued a National Patient Safety Alert on 16 September after its recent review showed that ‘serious incidents can occur when [hoists] are not used,...Read moreThe post Patient safety alert issued to prevent avoidable harm from hoists appeared first on Nursing in Practice.