9/21/2010 - 9/22/2010
2010 Annual West Coast Safe Patient Handling Conference

The West Coast Safe Patient Handling Conference provides participants with cutting edge research, best practices, and lessons learned in safe patient handling. The conference includes diverse learning opportunities, including plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, workshops, hands on practice sessions, and a large exhibit hall with new and emerging technologies.  Innovations will be presented addressing such topics as safety legislation, practice tips, technology solutions, effective training techniques, successful organizational strategies, and building a business case for safe patient handling programs. Detailed conference materials will include a textbook on Safe Patient Handling, education materials, as well and other cognitive aids and tools to facilitate implementation of best practices.

San Diego, CA

http://www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/wcsph/