Presenter:Ole Lindahl Thy,Physiotherapist and Educational Manager,Molift

Reducing work related injuries by monitoring the use of lifters in institutions, through service warning software for hoists.

The content of this presentation

Briefly about Molift

Presenting Molift Service Tool- Its Technical and clinical advantages

Case study from Japan- Background- Implementation of Molift Service Toll in three nursing

homes - Introducing Safe patient handling- Results

About Molift

Molift is a Norwegian company founded in 1982 specialized in developing mechanical equipment for moving & handling people.

Molift has since the very beginning been dedicated to develop innovative solutions and products.

Some of the innovations that Molift has introduced:• Battery driven mobile hoists• The linear lifting principle• The diagonal linear lifting principle for sit to stand lifters• Foldable lifters• Environmental friendly batteries (NiMh)• Automatic service warning

Main features • The lifter has an automatic warning when service is needed• Connected to a computer with the installed software, it is

possible to perform service and retrieve information from the lifter

Molift Service Tool

The Service tool is an automatic service warning system, developed to secure that necessary services are performed on the lifter according to the intervals stated by the manufacturer

Technical perspective

• Troubleshooting• Reading and writing the service history• Resetting of the service indicator• Correction of max weight/load capacity• All data collected can be transferred and stored in an online

database• Online program update

Clinical perspective

• Recording the number of lifts performed • Recording the lifts performed in four different weight classes

Molift Service Tool

Clinical perspectives

- An example of how we can use the data retrieved from the service tool to investigate the relationship between the usage of the lifters and back injury, back pain and sick leave.

In Japan, as in many other countries in the world, muscolo-skeletal disorders due to manual lifting of patients in healthcare is a growing problem.

In 2010 the Japanese government decided to stimulate the investment in safe patient handling equipment in nursing homes.

Safe patient handling in Japan

Safe patient handling in Japan

Occupational injury and illness by Ministry of Health's HP（ ）

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Reported sick leave, 4 days or more due to low back pain

Reported to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare

The use of equipment for safe patient handling in Japan is restricted among others due to

• Low awareness of the relation between back injuries and patient handling.

• Equipment not available• Resistance from caregivers to use equipment

for patient handling• Resistance from patients to be lifted

by machines• Resistance from relatives• Financial aspects• Space restrictions

Safe patient handling in Japan

The Japanese PT Shogo Kasahara, manager of three nursing homes in the Kisei social welfare service corporation in the Wakayama prefect, applied for the public funds, and initiated a project to reduce back injuries among the caregivers.

Safe patient handling in Japan

The three nursing homes

Ayukawa nursing home for the elderly

Long-term patients: 53 patientsShort-term patients: 23 patientsHome care: 25 patients　　　　　　Ryu-topia nursing home for the elderly

Miyamanosato nursing home for the elderly

Long-term patients: 50 patientsShort-term patients: 20 patientsHome care: 25 patients　　　　　　

Long-term patients: 30 patientsShort-term patients: 8 patientsHome care: 15 patients　　　　　　

1. Building the case

2. Initial action

3. Presentation to executive board

4. Introducing a safe patient handling program

5. Promotion

6. Get the program on the track…

7. Addressing feedback

Implementation of Safe patient handling

Registration of the number of lifts conducted with the lifter from 11.02.2010 – 10.03.2010

Using the service Tool in the implementation of SPH

Nursing home

Increase/decrease in use of the lifter

Ward

Lifter ID

Based on the statistics retrieved from the Molift Service Tool, an evaluation on the ward is accomplished, and corrective initiatives are implemented.

Examples of corrective initiatives

• Changing the type of sling used• Increasing the space under the beds• Defining the need for beds • Solution to be able to use the lifter on futons is implemented• A special solution to use the lifter together with a mattress on the

floor • Additional training of the staff• Initiatives toward relatives

Using the service Tool in the implementation of SPH

Registration of the number of lifts conducted with the lifter from 11.03.2010 – 10.04.2010

Using the service Tool in the implementation of SPH

Nursing home

Increase/decrease in use of the lifter

Ward

Lifter ID

Based on the statistics retrieved from the Molift Service Tool and the statistics about sick leave, it is possible to indicate a relationship between how frequent the lifter is used and days of absence

Using the service Tool in the implementation of SPH

Relationship between sick leave of caregivers and use of lifter at Ryu-TopiaUpdate: Aug. 28 2011

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