SAVE THE DATE !!!
Safe Patient Handling Conference
Metro New York City
Safe
Patient Handling Conference
February 24, 2010
101
Ave. of the Americas (6th Ave.), NY, NY
(Lower West side of Manhattan, just off Canal Street)
REGISTER NOW !!!!!
The State of New York/ PEF Statewide Health and Safety Committee [Article 18] has approved funding to provide support for up to 200 eligible management and labor representatives to attend the Safe Patient Handling Conference. The conference is being sponsored by NYS Department of Labor and the Zero Lift Task Force and will be held in New York City, New York on February 24, 2010. The aim of this conference is to increase labor and management knowledge and collaboration in preventing of back injuries, patient injury and related workers’ compensation costs due to patient lifting.
To see the memo and the registration forms for the SPH conference, please click below:
SPH Conference Memo regarding funding for SPH Conference
Safe
Patient Handling Programs in
To
advocate for a SPH program in your facility, please download:
Benefits of a SPH Program
Please complete the Registration form below in order to be eligible for the funding for the application fee:
Please complete the above Registration form and return no later than 02/17/10 to:
Crystal Bruno
New York State Public Employees Federation
Health & Safety Department
PO Box 12414
Albany, NY 12212-2414
Or fax to: (518) 785-1814, Attn.: C. Bruno
If you have any questions, please call Kathy D'Arminio - Article 18 Health and Safety Chair at 518-257-6983.
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NOTE:
Please do not register until we announce registration as we will have PEF
registration forms.
We are securing funding to pay for the Registration fee for all PEF and MC
applicants.
The Full-Day Program will include:
· Presentations from management and labor representative who have built successful programs.
· The significant financial and other advantages of SPH programs.
· The ins and outs of launching and maintaining effective programs.
· Equipment demonstrations and opportunity to meet with vendors.
Initial Sponsors List:
NYS Department of Labor, New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), Zero Lift Task Force [AFL-CIO, PEF, SEIU, CSEA, NYCOSH, WYNCOSH, NYSNA] and SUNY Downstate School of Public Health.