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Partnere

We believe in cooperation and partners.Here are links to our main partners in our user driven design process.

Ratio Arkitekter, Architect office with vast experience in hospitals-design in Scandinavia and abroad.

Innomed, Organization that cultivates user-driven innovation in the Norwegian health care sector

Idema, Norwegian entrepreneur specializing in Nursing homes and hospitals

Aabakken, Innovation consultancy. Track record of innovating disability equipment and care products

 

Research links for Patient handling

Interesting ergoweb blog about the use of lifts and manual transfer aids.

Research done by Biodynamics Laboratory, The Ohio State University, USA on mobile and Ceiling lifts. Research concludes that the use of mobile lifts may impose lumbar spine forces that are unacceptably high

Research done by Peter Hart Research Associates on behalf of the union AFT on Safe patient handling. Findings indicate that the use of lifts and other lifting aids are needed, not just lifting techniques

Research from Denmark indicates how use of lifts in Denmark lower occupational risk for the nurses (In Danish only)

In This video from Gundersen Lutheran medical center gives information about some of the benefits and with a safe patient handling plan. The video recently won an award at the safeliftingportal

Files to download (pdf)

Integralift user guide

Integralift quick guide

Planning for Integralift