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Air Suspension Biodegradable Patient Transport Pad

NCT03858374 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2020-02-12

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Summary

On the one hand, transferring patient from bed to bed is usually handling by the manual lifting of several staffs or utilizing bedsheet, slide sheet , shovel-style stretcher or other devices to move and lift patients. Whatever, there are some advantages using these devices.

On the other hand, nurses are among the professionals at the highest risk for musculoskeletal disorders. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown that overexertion in manual lifting was the main event or exposure leading to injury or illness involving time away from work. Excessive weights, awkward postures, and repetitive motions are some of the known risk factors that contribute to sprains/strains and back injuries. During the process of patient transferring , it refers to the above risk factors for health-care workers. It recommended that using appropriate assistive equipment can reduce the injuries. If staff is safe, patients are safer.

The research team has designed and produced a new transport assistive devices-- biodegradable and air-suspending transfer mattress, which was precisely controlled by gas flow and based on ergonomics. And then apply it to the clinic in order to find whether it's benefit for patients and nursing staff.

It is a randomized controlled trial design.

Conditions

  • Critical Illness

Interventions

DEVICE

transferred by air-suspending mattress

Put mattress in advance on the bed. When patients need to be transferred from bed to bed, fill the mattress with gas and keep it inflated, then pull the mattress .

DEVICE

transferred by slide board

When patients need to be transferred from bed to bed, insert slide board under patient, then pull the slide board.

DEVICE

transferred by bedsheet

When patients need to be transferred from bed to bed, just lift the bedsheet.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • jingfen Jin, Master · The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Zhejiang University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-28
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2020-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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