3rd Annual West Coast Safe Patient Handling Conference - Stanford ...

The meetings and exhibit hall will be at The San Diego Convention
Center. Located on the harbor in downtown San Diego, the San Diego
Convention Center is the premier meeting and conference facility for the region.
PRE-CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 12TH
MAIN CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 13TH & 14TH
POST-CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 15TH
Outstanding Faculty
“Hands-On” Practice Sessions
Large Exhibit Hall with New and Emerging Technologies
Program Director:
Gail Powell-Cope, PhD, RN, FAAN, Acting Director,
HSR&D/RR&D Center of Excellence
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL
Tampa Patient Safety Center, Grand Oak Plaza
8900 Grand Oak Circle, Tampa, FL 33637‐1022
Contact: Valerie.Kelleher@va.gov | 813‐558‐3948
visn8.va.gov/patientsafetycenter/conferences

Course Description
This conference will provide participants with cutting edge research, best practices, and lessons learned in safe patient
handling. This conference includes diverse learning opportunities, including plenary sessions, concurrent sessions,
workshops, “hands on” practice sessions, and a large exhibit hall with new and emerging technologies. Innovations will
be presented addressing such topics as safety legislation, practice tips, technology solutions, effective training
techniques, successful organizational strategies, and building a business case for safe patient handling programs.
Exhibitor Information
For information on exhibiting please contact:
Valerie Kelleher
James A. Haley VA Medical Center (118M)
Grand Oak Plaza, 8900 Grand Oak Circle, Tampa, FL 33637‐1022
Phone: 813‐558‐3948 | Fax: 813‐558‐3990
Valerie.Kelleher@va.gov
Target Audience
This conference is designed to meet the needs of direct health care providers, managers, administrators, risk managers,
educators, industrial hygienists/safety professionals, and researchers of any discipline who are interested in advancing
safety for patients and caregivers. To meet the needs of a diverse audience, focused tracks have been established for:
Track A: Direct Patient Care Providers/Peer Leaders responsible for patient handling tasks in a variety of clinical
settings. Includes front line workers from a variety of disciplines, including those designated as unit‐based peer leaders.
Track B: Facility Champions responsible for developing, implementing, evaluating and sustaining safe patient handling
programs for a facility or health care system.
Track C: Challenging Patient Populations will focus on unique challenges and risks associated with specific patient
populations or health care settings.
Conference Objectives
Upon completion of this program, the participant should be able to:
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1. Identify three best practices for patient care ergonomics.
2. Assess technological solutions for safe patient handling.
3. Describe three ergonomic hazards common in patient care settings.
4. Formulate strategies for reducing risk to caregivers at your facility.
Accreditation
The James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital is accredited as a Provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s COA. CE Broker Florida Board of Nursing Provider #50-3735. Florida Nurses: Please bring
license number for the CE Broker Scan Cards. Application has been made for contact hours as follows: Full-Day Pre- or Post-
Conference: 7 contact hours; Half-Day Pre-Conference: 4 contact hours; Main Conference: 14 contact hours. Participants
must be at the program on time, participants must remain for the entire program to receive contact hours, and no partial
contact hours will be provided.
Application has also been made for CMS and credits for Physical and Occupational Therapists, for updated information see
our web site at: http://www.visn8.va.gov/patientsafetycenter/conferences/default.asp

Pre Conferences—September 12, 2011 CHOOSE FULL DAY OR ½ DAY SESSIONS
7:00AM – 4:00PM Registration
7:00AM – 8:00AM Continental Breakfast
8:00AM – 4:00PM Bariatric Safe Patient Handling: All‐New Living Laboratory
Be part of this all‐day bariatric event! Experience the practical application of safe handling
technologies and its science. Learn the hands‐on how, why and when of the latest equipment.
Creative learning tools such as our bariatric “suited” model, video clip competition, and more
are part of this all‐new living laboratory. Take advantage of this opportunity to follow a unit
peer leader through three simulated settings across the continuum of care, learn how to
integrate a Bariatric Toolkit into your practice, take home resources and web sources to build
your program, and create a real‐life action plan for your setting!
Susan Gallagher, Catherine Clarey‐Sanford, Harpreet Gujral
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM “Hands‐On” Practical Experience With the Newest Patient Handling Equipment
This pre‐conference provides a tutorial and opportunities to gain competencies in the newest
patient handling equipment. This program would be most helpful for direct care providers as
well as educators and peer safety leaders responsible for competency assessments of staff.
Participants will rotate to 12 unique stations, addressing:
• Technologies/techniques for bed repositioning (part 1)
• Technologies/techniques for bed repositioning (part 2)
• Diverse (and underutilized) sling options for ceiling lifts
• Tips for personal care (feeding, dressing/undressing, bathing in bed)
• Innovative applications for friction reducing devices
• Air‐assisted lateral transfer devices and creative ways to integrate these devices across
care settings
• Awareness of expanded capacity (knowing weight limits of patient handling devices and
common fixtures such as handrails and toilets)
• Patient transport technologies to minimize push/pull forces
• Technologies and techniques for ambulating patients at risk for falls
• Technologies and techniques for toileting partially dependent patients
• Technologies and techniques for toileting fully dependent patients
• Tips for managing difficult situations: confused or combative patients; patient refuses to
use a patient handling device
Kay Steadman, Andrew Rich, Patti Mechan, Dee Kumpar, Rebecca Proctor, Heather Monaghan,
Guy Fragala, Tony Hilton, Jane Mergle
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Challenges and Solutions for Safe Patient Handling in Long Term Care Settings
This program is intended to inform, educate and provide practical advice and tools that
can be used to promote safety in the long term care work environment. Our program
materials will help the nurse or health care worker to evaluate environments and assess
situations that may cause injury to themselves or other care team members in addition
to the patient or resident. This program will reflect real experiences from LTC facilities
who have implemented a SPH Program. The programs will start with understanding the
unique challenges of LTC, regulations, staffing, and safety risk and cost. The second
speaker will address facility safety assessment, culture change and competency training.
The final session will pull it all together to evaluate a successful SPH Program, reduced
injuries, increased staff and resident satisfaction and reduces cost associated with
injury. We will end with an expert panel discussion and open questions up from the
attendees.
Ron Romano, Charlotte Eliopoulos
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1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Challenges and Solutions for Safe Patient Handling in Rehabilitation
Join in this hands‐on session specifically designed for rehabilitation professionals. Participants
will discover that selection of the right equipment allows the safety principles of Safe Patient
Handing and Movement to be easily integrated into active rehabilitation programs. Common
rehabilitation patient handling myths will be dispelled. Overview of patient handling equipment
designed to promote and advance mobility will be presented. Participants will have hands‐on
experience with patient handling equipment to practice clinical applications specific to
rehabilitation.
Stephanie Radawiec, Jane Mergle
Main Conference Day 1—September 13, 2011
6:30AM – 4:45PM Registration
6:30AM – 7:45AM Continental Breakfast
7:45AM – 8:15AM Welcome Remarks
8:15AM – 9:30AM Low Back Pain Development and Patient Handling—William Marras
9:30AM – 10:30AM Patient and Staff Safety Culture: Intersects and Divergences—Gail Powell‐Cope
10:30AM – 11:30AM Break, Exhibit Hall Open
11:30AM – 12:15PM Successful Strategies for Implementation of SPH in a Large Healthcare System—
Edward Hall
12:15PM – 1:30PM Lunch, Exhibit Hall Open
1:30PM – 2:15PM Concurrent Sessions (Select One: A, B or C)
A. Programmatic: The Design of Space for Maximizing Equipment Use—Mary Matz
B. Program Elements: Effective Collaboration of Facility‐Based Champions and Unit Peer
Leaders—Tony Hilton and Team
C. Skills Building: Making Safe Patient Handling Stick—Andrew Rich
2:30PM – 3:15PM Concurrent Sessions (Select One: A, B, or C)
A. Program Elements: Recruiting and Retaining Effective Unit Peer leaders—Rebecca
Proctor
B. Equipment: Practical Issues Associated with Ceiling Lift Selection and Installation—Kay
Steadman
C. Other: Tissue Viability and Patient Handling in the Care of the Obese Patient—Susan
Gallagher
3:15PM – 3:45PM Break, Exhibit Hall Open
3:45PM – 4:45PM Concurrent Sessions (Select One: A, B, or C)
A. Skills Building: Challenges and Solutions for Bed Repositioning—Stephanie Radawiec
B. Programmatic: Making the Safe Patient Handling Program Succeed: Realities and
Strategies—Joan Forte and Five Program Champions: Carole Kulik‐Lewis, James Henrion,
Geoff Pridham, Susan Hock‐Hansen
C. Program Element: How to Recruit and Organize an Effective SPH Steering
Committee—Heather Monaghan
4:45PM – 5:45PM Exhibit Hall Opening and Reception
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Main Conference Day 2—September 14, 2011
7:00AM – 4:45PM Registration
7:00AM – 8:00AM Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall Open
8:00AM – 10:00AM Concurrent Sessions (Select One: A, B, or C)
A. Program Element: Unit‐Based Hazard Assessment for Safe Patient Handling—Mary
Matz
B. Program Element: New Research Findings about Unit Peer Leadership from Evaluation
of the VA Safe Patient Handling Program—Deborah Rugs
C. Skills Building: Crucial Safe Patient Handling Conversations—Kay Steadman
10:00AM – 10:45AM Break, Exhibit Hall Open
10:45AM – 11:45AM Concurrent Sessions (Select One: A, B or C)
A. Skills Building: Tips for Safe Handling with Confused, Combative or Resistant
Patients—Andrew Rich, Heather Monaghan
B. Programmatic: Make the Business Case: Program Value of Mobile Lifts vs.
Overheads “What’s the Return?”—John Celona, Edward Hall, Joan Forte
C. Skills Building : Safe Patient Handling Issues in Therapy Clinics—Marc Campo
11:45AM – 1:00PM Lunch, Exhibit Hall Open
1:00PM – 1:45PM Priorities for the Next 10 Years of Safe Patient Handling—Marc Campo, Karen Daley,
Michael Hodgson
1:45PM – 2:30PM Legislative Update: The Potential and Limits of Legislation—Barbara Silverstein
2:30PM – 3:00PM Break, Exhibit Hall Open
3:00PM – 4:00PM Risk Management, Workers Compensation and Safe Patient Handling—Mary Spangler,
Manuel Solis, Edward Hall
4:00PM – 4:45PM Safe Patient Handling: Are you an Innie, an Outie, a Lefty or a Righty?—Andrew
Rich, Stephanie Radawiec
4:45PM – 5:00PM Summary Comments & Evaluations—Gail Powell‐Cope
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Post Conference—September 15, 2011 (CHOOSE ONE)
7:00AM – 4:00PM Registration
7:00AM – 8:00AM Continental Breakfast
8:00AM – 4:00PM Essential Skills for Facility Champions
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This pre‐conference is targeted for persons responsible for establishing safe patient handling
programs. Those in leadership roles for less than 1 year would benefit best from this session.
Topics include skills in marketing the program, planning for program sustainability, use of
process and outcome evaluation. Participants will receive an annotated bibliography,
measurement tool samples, and come away with an action plan designed to improve and
sustain your ongoing program.
• Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes for Facility Champions
• Successfully Marketing the Program and Development of a Marketing Plan
• Planning for Program Sustainability
• Program Evaluation: Formative and Summative Evaluation
• Development of an Action Plan to Guide Implementation of Your SPH Program
Gail Powell‐Cope, Barbara Silverstein, Andrew Rich
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM Certificate Program to Train Unit‐Based Peer Leaders
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
This training program is targeted for persons interested in serving as a peer leader on their unit
for safe patient handling and movement. Learn how to conduct unit‐based hazard assessments,
how to utilize algorithms for safe patient handling, how to incorporate knowledge transfer
methods to foster a culture of safety, how to give constructive feedback to peers on
performance, tips to train coworkers, and assure peer competency in use of patient handling
equipment. Strongly suggest participants also sign up for the “Hands‐On” Practical Experience
with the Newest Patient Handling Equipment as Pre‐Conference. Participants who complete this
course will receive a Certificate of Completion.
Kay Steadman, Tony Hilton
VA Facility Champions (VA Staff Only)
Mary Matz, Michael Hodgson

Faculty
Program Director:
Gail Powell‐Cope, PhD, RN, FAAN
Acting Director, HSR&D RR&D Center of Excellence: Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes
Associate Director, VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
Tampa, Florida
Course Faculty:
Marc Campo, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy
Mercy College
Dobbs Ferry, NY
John Celona
Sr. Consultant, Strategic Decisions Group
Stanford University Medical Center
San Carlos, CA
Catherine Clarey‐Sanford, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Hope College Department of Nursing
Holland, MI
Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
President
American Nursing Association
Silver Spring, MD
Charlotte Eliopoulos, RN, MPH, ND, PhD
Executive Director
American Association of Long Term Care Nursing
Cincinnati, OH
Joan Forte, BSN, MBA, CNE‐BC
Director of Nursing Resources & Finance
Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
Stanford, CA
Guy Fragala, PhD, PE, CSP
Sr. Advisor for Ergonomics
VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry
Tampa, FL
Susan Gallagher, RN, CNS, MSN, MA, CWOCN, PhD
Clinical Advisor
Celebration Institute, Inc.
Conroe, TX
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Harpreet Guiral, RN, MSN, CRNP, CBN
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Program Coordinator
Bariatric Department, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax, VA
Edward Hall, MS, CSP
Sr. Director of Risk Management
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA
James Henrion
Assistant Manager, Nursing Administration
Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
San Francisco, CA
Tony Hilton, RN, MSN, FNP, MPH, CRRN
Safe Patient Handling Coordinator
Loma Linda VA Healthcare System
Loma Linda, VA
Susan Hock‐Hansen, RN, BSN
Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
Mountain View, CA
Hodgson, Michael, MD, MPH
Director, Occupational Health Program
Veterans Health Administration
Washington, DC
Valerie Kelleher
Conference Manager
VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry
Tampa, FL
Carole Kulik‐Lewis, RN, MSN, ACNPm, CRNP‐BC
Patient Care Manager
Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
Stanford, CA

Dee Kumpar, RN, BSN
Safe Lifting Program Manager
Hill‐Rom/Like
Batesville, IN
William Marras, PhD, CPE
Honda Professor and Director Biodynamics Laboratory
Institute for Ergonomics
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Mary Matz, MSPH, CPE
Patient Care Ergonomics Program Manager/Consultant
Veterans Health Administration
Tampa, FL
Patti Mechan, PT, MPH, CCS
Consultant, Education and Clinical Services Manager
Guldmann, Inc.
Charlestown, MA
Jame Mergle, RN
Diligent Clinical Consultant
ArjoHuntleigh/Diligent Services
Heather M. Monaghan, RN, MHSc.
President
Visioning HealthCare, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
Gail Powell‐Cope, PhD, RN, FAAN
Acting Director, HSR&D/RR&D Center of Excellence
Associate Director, VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry
Tampa, FL
Geoff Pridham
Stanford Hospitals & Clinics
Stanford, CA
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Rebecca Proctor, LPN
James A. Haley VAMC
Tampa, FL
Stephanie Radawiec, DPT, MHS
Diligent Clinical Consultant
Diligent Services
DeWitt, MI
Andrew Rich, MS, OTR/L
Regional Clinical Consultant
Diligent Services
DeWitt, MI
Ron Romano, RN
Director of Professional Services
American Association of Long Term Care Nursing
Cincinnati, OH
Deborah Rugs, PhD
Health Science Specialist
HSR&D/RR&D Center of Excellence
Tampa VA
Barbara Silverstein, MSN, MPH, PhD, CPE
Research Director, Safety & Health Assessment and
Research for Prevention (SHARP)
Washington State Department of labor and Industries
Olympia, WA
Manual Solis
Workers Compensation Claims Administration
Mary Spangler, MS, NP, COHN‐S
Director, Occupational Health Services
Anna ‘Kay’ Steadman, MA, OTR, CHSP
President
Essential Ergonomics, LLC
Austin, TX

Registration
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• 10% discount for groups of 3 or more, to receive discount please call Valerie Kelleher at 813‐558‐3948.
• If you sign up for a pre‐ or post‐conference in addition to the main, you can take a 30% discount off of one of
the pre‐ or post conferences
Full‐Day Pre‐Conference Fees
On its own ................................................................. $360
VA Employee ............................................................... $95
Onsite ........................................................................ $410
Half‐Day Pre‐Conference Fees
On its own ................................................................. $200
VA Employee ............................................................... $65
Onsite ........................................................................ $200
Main Conference Fees
Early Bird (on or before 9/1/11) ............................... $500
Regular (after 9/1/11) ............................................... $625
VA Employee ............................................................. $350
Post Conference Fees
On its own ................................................................. $360
VA Employee ............................................................... $95
Onsite ........................................................................ $410
For more information please contact Valerie Kelleher at 813‐558‐3948.
All refunds are subject to a $150 processing fee. There will be no refunds after 9/1/11. For questions about
registration, please call Valerie Kelleher at 813‐558‐3948. We reserve the right to cancel the program due to
unforeseen circumstances, in which event the full registration fee will be returned. The sponsors will not be
responsible for any other costs including travel and hotel accommodations.

Location
Meetings/Exhibits
Hotel Rooms
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San Diego Convention Center
111 W. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
1 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: 1‐619‐564‐3333
Fax: 1‐619‐564‐3344
A block of rooms has been reserved at The Hilton San Diego Bayfront. The hotel is adjacent to the San Diego Convention
Center, across the street from PETCO Park, home of the San Diego Padres and minutes from the San Diego International
Airport (SAN). Rising 30 stories above the edge of San Diego Bay, the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel is the West Coast’s
newest waterfront hotel. It offers oversized rooms with spectacular bay and city views. Expansive windows invite the
warm feeling of sunny San Diego into each room. Upgrade amenities, a large work desk, Wireless and Wired High Speed
Internet and Plasma TVs with HDTV are found in each room.
Accommodations for Disabilities
Please notify Valerie Kelleher at Valerie.Kelleher@va.gov or 813‐558‐3948 a minimum of ten working days in advance of
the event if a reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed. Events, activities and facilities of the Tampa
Research and Education Foundation, Inc. are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age,
or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the our respect for personal dignity