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Welcome to our ergonomics page! This is your go-to spot for making your nursing workday easier and better with ergonomics. Interested in some straightforward tips and fun facts that will make your nursing job easier? Here, you’re in the right place.
Read all our latest tips about ergonomics here:
Within healthcare, the shift towards investing in ergonomic devices is becoming not simply a luxury but a necessity. The weight of patients is steadily increasing, and our bodies aren't naturally equipped to handle these heavier loads without proper assistance.
9 April 2025
The healthcare sector is physically and mentally demanding. Therefore the safety and well-being of both patients and caregivers are crucial. Yet, one overlooked aspect is the physical toll on healthcare professionals, particularly nurses...
16 January 2025
Within healthcare, the shift towards investing in ergonomic devices is becoming not simply a luxury but a necessity. The weight of patients is steadily increasing, and our bodies aren't naturally equipped to handle these heavier loads without proper assistance.
11 June 2024
Being a nurse means your days are always filled taking care of others. Yet, taking care of your own health is just as crucial. In this article, let’s focus on easy ways to boost your own mental and physical health...
10 April 2024
Improving the well-being of nurses is a shared responsibility, with nurses themselves and the larger systems and organizations playing vital roles. Nurses need to take responsibility for recognizing their own well-being needs and making investments in their health...
13 February 2024
Safe patient handling isn't just a responsibility—it's an art that demands precision, planning, and proper technique. Whether you're a trained professional or new to the field, mastering...
8 January 2024
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Why you should take ergonomics seriously:
- Lifting patients every day is not only physically exhausting, but it also carries dangerous risks. If you push yourself too much or make a wrong move, it could lead to serious and long-lasting pain. This can immediately affect nurses and heighten the risk of needing medical treatment to stop the continuous discomfort.
- Staff shortage is a huge problem within nursing and the facts don't lie: 47% of nurses suffer from backpain, and if you drop out with a musculoskeletal injury, you'll need to stay home for at least 20 days. This situation can create a vicious cycle where incoming staff also become overwhelmed and drop out, placing even more pressure on those who remain. Doing nothing about this will keep making the shortage progressively worse.
- Solving ergonomic issues will make nurses work more efficiently and improve the quality of their work. On top of that they will also be happier with their jobs when they feel cared for and are not constantly struggling with back pain problems. If you want to improve nurses' well-being, is taking care of their ergonomic needs not the first step?
Get to know Ergotrics:
- We are a Med-Tech company specialized in positioning and moving patients with compressed air.
- By using compressed air instead of manual force, we want to provide better support for patients without ergonomic burden for the healthcare worker.
- We design and produce inflatable medical devices, which allows optimal positioning of patients in hospitals. We design our products with special attention given to ease of use and hygiene.
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What our clients say about us
We use the Operoll for Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and it makes our work much easier
Theresa Engelhardt
St. Vincenz Krankenhaus Datteln
A functional and high-quality product that greatly relieves the user when positioning patients!
St. Elisabeth-Kranken Dorsten, KKRN
As an alternative to placing pillows under the pelvis and lower legs, our team came up with the idea of working with a cylindrical pillow that lies under the alternate mattress, which you can inflate with compressed air
Jan Vosters
Head nurse Intensive Care Unit, Sint-Vincentius Hospital
With these new products, we increase quality for both our patients and caregivers
Liesbet Lombaerts
Directeur zorg, GZA Ziekenhuizen
Interposition graft for popliteal aneurysm is favorable in prone position. The Inflatable Prone Support (IPS) and Inflatable Board (IBO) make proning and the prone position possible even for patients with high BMI and large abdominal circumference. Using compressed air offers a big ergonomic advantage!
Ergonomics are important for medical and supporting staff!
Prof. dr Patrick W.H.E. Vriens
Vascular Surgeon ETZ, Professor Quality of Life, Tilburg University
We can now easily reposition the patient alone. Before we needed two, sometimes three nurses.
The advantage of the Morphemat for the patient? Its back is supported from neck to legs and not at two points.
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