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MeSH Heading: Moving and Lifting Patients
Tree Number(s): N02.421.585.525
Unique ID: D055805
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055805
Annotation: do not confuse with PATIENT TRANSFER (interfacility or intrahospital transfer for administrative reasons with regard to special care or economics) or with TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS or with PATIENT POSITIONING
Scope Note: Moving or repositioning patients within their beds, from bed to bed, bed to chair, or otherwise from one posture or surface to another.
Entry Term(s): Patient Handling; Patient Lifting; Patient Moving; Patient Moving and Lifting; Patient Repositioning
NLM Classification #: WY 100.2
See Also: Patient Positioning; Transportation of Patients
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0520695
Scope Note: Moving or repositioning patients within their beds, from bed to bed, bed to chair, or otherwise from one posture or surface to another.
Terms: Moving and Lifting Patients Preferred Term
Term UI T721688
Date06/30/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Patient Moving and Lifting
Term UI T718586
Date04/23/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Patient Moving
Term UI T718588
Date04/23/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Patient Lifting
Term UI T718589
Date04/23/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Patient Repositioning
Term UI T718590
Date04/23/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

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