Thank you for visiting the website for The NYS Zero Lift Task Force! We hope that you will find this site useful in learning and implementing Safe Patient Handling Policies and Programs at healthcare facilities across New York State. New information and statistics are coming to light daily, so we hope you visit the site often! We encourage new information and questions, so please contact us at any time.

Overviews of Safe Patient Handling and Movement

• Click here for a 3 minute introductory video on Safe Patient Handling by the American Nurses Association.

• An Overview of Safe Patient Handling

• Read an overview of Safe Patient Handling that was authored by two of the top experts in this field.

• Visit the Injured Workers page for new stories shared by healthcare workers who have been injured on the job due to patient handling.

• NYS Assembly Passes Safe Patient Handling Act!
  On June 15, 2011 the Assembly passed the Safe Patient Handling Act (A.1370/S.2470), sponsored by Subcommittee on Workplace Safety Chair Assemblyman Rory Lancman and Senator George Maziarz. The bill now moves on to the Senate.Please contact your Senator and urge them to vote yes on bill S.2470!

• NYS Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety Releases Report on Safe Patient Handling

• WNYCOSH & Organized Labor Steps Up Effort To Get Safe Patient Handling Legislation Passed In New York State As New Lab & Training Center Opens At The University At Buffalo

• Photos of the Safe Patient Handling Lab at the University at Buffalo

• Safe Patient Handling Program Celebrates 5th Anniversary

• New York Needs a Safe Patient Handling Program-STAT!