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 Regulatory Compliance
The O'Shea System can be easily customized to any health
care setting and to varying levels of governmental and institutional
regulations. The O'Shea System's comprehensive approach effectively
moves an institution from training to accepted workplace practice.
Texas is the first state to pass legislation requiring hospitals
and nursing homes to implement a safe patient handling and
movement program. The law took effect on January 1, 2006.
If you would like more information about this new law, click
here.
Other states are currently working on similar legislation.
In 2005 Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington
and for the second time, California, have introduced legislation
calling for the establishment of programs to prevent MSDs
(musculoskeletal disorders) in hospitals and other health
care facilities.
The New York legislature has passed and sent to the governor
for his signature, a bill that would fund a safe patient
handling demonstration program.
The bill authorizes a two-year study to establish safe patient
handling programs throughout the state to build upon existing
evidence-based data with the ultimate goal of designing a "best" practice
for safe patient handling in New York State health care facilities.
The bill also establishes specifications for safe patient
handling programs.
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