Radiographer's Guide to Patient Safety

This continuing education course reviews the essential guidelines for proper body mechanics and safe transfer techniques of patients to minimize and eliminate injury of both patients and healthcare providers.

Approvals & Acceptance

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  AHRA Approved, Category A

  Accepted by the ARRT^® toward your CE requirement
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  NMTCB Accepted

  Counts for NMTCB credential holders
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  California

  Accepted for CRTs, XTs, Supervisors and Operators
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  Florida

  Approved for Technical Category A for Florida technologists
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  Texas: Directly Related

  Counts toward the directly related hours Texas MRTs need (at least 12 of 24)
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  We Report for You: Florida, Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire

  Completions are reported in the first week of each month for the previous month: Florida directly to the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control; Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire to CE Broker. Your state license number must be entered in your dashboard for us to report your credits.
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  All other states

  Accepted

Applicable Disciplines

Learning Objectives

• 1Describe proper body mechanics for healthcare providers during patient handling
• 2Apply safe patient transfer techniques to minimize injury risk
• 3Identify strategies for eliminating injuries to both patients and healthcare providers
• 4Recognize ergonomic principles essential to radiographic practice

Course Outline

• •Principles of Proper Body Mechanics
• •Safe Patient Transfer Techniques
• •Injury Prevention for Patients
• •Injury Prevention for Healthcare Providers
• •Ergonomics in Radiographic Practice
• •Guidelines for Safe Patient Handling