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2020 Safe Patient Handling Conference Update

Thank you for your continued support of our Safe Patient Handling conferences. We have had many inquiries regarding a 2020 conference. After much discussion it was decided not to have a conference in New York in 2020. The team of presenters and planners are focusing on 2021 and plan to enhance the learning experience and involve more healthcare disciplines. There is however, a Safe Patient Handling conference being offered on March 24th in New Jersey. For more information please go to:

https://rutgerstraining.sph.rutgers.edu/njsafepatientconf/

Hope to see you in 2021!

Important Information for Conference Attendees

This information has been sent to all registered attendees but in case you did not receive it:

Directions -the conference is going to be on the Hofstra Campus, Hempstead NY in the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center aka "Student Center". This link will provide directions https://www.hofstra.edu/visitors/visitors_info_dirmaps.html

There is a parking lot adjacent to the building and there is no fee to park and no need to register your car.

CEU Information- We have once again been approved to provide CEU’s for nurses, PT’s, PTA’s, OT’s COTA’s and Nursing Home Administrators. To be eligible for CEU’s you must be scanned in before 8:30 am and again following the last session of the day. Unfortunately those arriving after this time and/or leaving before the end of the last session will not be granted CEU’s. A certificate of attendance without contact hours will be provided.

Early Bird Registration Rates Extended!

Early Bird Registration Rates are being extended until March 11th. Registration fees are $175 until March 11th. After this date fees will be increased to $225. Seating is limited in each track. If the track you are interested is sold out, please register for another track. Similar scenarios and equipment will be discussed in each track.

Nursing Continuing Education Update

The Northeast Multistate Division has approved 5 continuing education hours for attendance at the 11th Annual Safe Patient Handling Conference. Early bird registration ends February 25th. Seating is limited.

“This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Northeast Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation”

NYPTA Awards 7.2 CEU's for 11th Annual SPH Conference

Attention Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants! The NY Physical Therapy Association has awarded 7.2 Continuing Education Hours for attendance at the 11th Annual Safe Patient Handling Conference. Seating is limited - Register now!

Join Us at the 11th Annual Safe Patient Handling Conference - Registration is Open

Monday, March 25th, 2019

Hofstra University Student Center

100 Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY 11549

Conference information including registration links are located under 11th Annual Safe Patient Handling tab above.

Registration for the New Jersey Safe Patient Handling Conference is Open!

The New Jersey Safe Patient Handling Conference will be held on March 19th at Rutgers University. For more information go to:

http://rutgerstraining.sph.rutgers.edu/njsafepatientconf/

Jennifer Lowell Receives Award of Excellence

Posted on Nov 28, 2018

Jennifer, Coordinator of OT/PT services at Lifetime Assistance Receives has accomplished many things. "Jennifer set up templates for all standard protocols related to OT and PT. She has a consistent method to document instructions and information related to equipment and mobility which is essential to functioning in the efficient manor required for our department.

Jennifer heads the safe patient handling committee with Michelle Rugaber. The committee meets quarterly and reviews all staff injuries related to mobility and equipment. The committee looks at preventing repeating injuries and following up with the site that the incident had occurred. Our train the trainer program nominates a staff member who regularly uses lift equipment to train staff at their site. The trainers attend a 3 hour class reviewing the SPH law and all lift

Blanca Gonzalez-Parker Awarded 2018 Advocacy Award

Posted on Nov 28, 2018

Maureen Cox presents Blanca Gonzalez-Parker with the NYS Zero Lift Task Force's 2018 Advocacy Award. Blanca is a Program Associate for NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training. Blanca is a member of conference planning committee of the Zero Lift Task Force and has served as a liaison between the conference committee and the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations. She helps pave the way for conference attendance for New York State PEF and CSEA members. This has enabled information to flow that allows the paperwork necessary for conference attendance to be developed and completed timely and getting funds available. Blanca is a nurse by training and brings that insight to the planning process as a voice for the daily struggles faced. She has made herself available to assist the conference for any duty needed. Blanca is a shining example of the soft persistent voice that advocates for what is needed.

Upstate University Hospital Receives Award of Excellence

Posted on Oct 30, 2018

Allison Dodge, Nurse Administrator from Upstate University Hospital nominated all of the Safe Patient Handling coaches at Upstate Hospital, many of which attended the 10 Annual Safe Patient Handling Conference. “We have a great group of staff coming to the conference, either for the first time, or have been a couple of times. I have so many wonderful coaches to nominate I don't know where to start, but have to say all of them in their own way go above and beyond for staff and patient safety!! We all face challenges every day, but as a group we keep working together to get a task completed or at least come up with the best solution at that time. I can say in this role the SPH coaches are my ears and eyes of the hospital and carry the team spirit even when I am not here. Everyone comes with passion, new ideas, and growing opportunities to keep this program going. We can only continue to grow as a team! "

Loretta Miller Presented Award of Excellence

Posted on Oct 30, 2018

The Safe Patient Handling (SPH) Program at Erie County Medical Center came about as a slow but steady process over many years. The beginning stages came about in 2007 when a Minimal Lift Program was implemented, with an investment in a handful of floor lifts and pilot programs for selected nursing units. The Minimal Lift Program was sustained over the years as part of the Ergonomics Committee, with occasional opportunities to grow in some of the clinics that needed ceiling lifts or an ergonomic assessment.

By 2016, with the growing SPH regulations from New York State, the need to develop a more formal program was evident. ECMC hired Loretta Miller, PT, DPT, NCS, CEAS as ECMC's first Safe Patient Handling Coordinator. Working with Ergonomic Committee members, she was able to build a SPH Committee and start in depth needs assessments for the entire campus. She developed formal policies and procedures in line with the NYS regulations, implemented training for new hires and SPH Champions, and made recommendations for new SPH equipment.