Carlos is a high academic achiever and successfully juggles his classroom demands with a part-time job, healthy social life, and athletic commitments, excelling in all areas. But lately, he has been feeling rather empty. Carlos is not unhappy but not really experiencing a sense of joy or fulfillment in life, either. What is something that he could do to improve on this area of wellness?

It starts with commitment. the health and safety policy is the commitment by the employer to provide and maintain a safe workplace. the commitment of the workforce is also a necessary component.when the workplace parties sit down to develop an ergonomic approach to patient handling, they will develop terms of reference that set forth how the health and safety committee will function in approaching this problem and reach its goal of reduced injuries.in general, a safe patient handling program will involve the following steps: management approval and commitment to develop and implement a patient handling program.perform a needs analysis.create and standardize patient assessment criteria.develop decision trees to standardize actions.determine which controls are needed to implement specific tasks or patient needs.institute a "no-lift" policy, where possible.