SAN FRANCISCO - NURSING HOME METHODS: Because of large numbers of back injuries, nursing homes are ranked high on the list of high hazard industries. A pilot project at a nursing home in the San Francisco area has greatly reduced the number of back injuries among nursing aides. UCLA's Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH) and the Vale Health Care Center in San Pablo began to work together a year ago for injury prevention. Their goal was to help aides learn how to lift or move patients in bac
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