- Prevent back injuries that can result from moving, lifting or repositioning a patient.
- Unique nurse-invented product, engineered from two-ply plastic sheeting, is light with,
strong and disposable.
- Stop searching for and cleaning “roller boards”.
- As stated in AORN recently published “Safe Patient Handling and Movement in the Perioperative Setting” book. “one of the highest risk patient handling tasks is patient transfer.”
- Patent # US 6,675,411
Whitepaper: Evaluation of Z-Slider for Lateral Patient Transfers,
Repositioning, and Staff Musculoskeletal Injuries
Download SMI's pamphlet On the Job Back Injuries (in PDF format),
an easy to read, condensed version of what you need to know about OSHA, The Joint Commission and CMS regulations and standards. As well as
how to analyze the real cost of those injuries.