Webinar - The Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Statute

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

In this webinar

In this second webinar on Safe Patient Handling in the United States, the State of Minnesota will be presented as a case study for safe patient handling standards and the resulting impact on injury prevention.

In 2007, the Minnesota Legislature passed the Safe Patient Handling Act, which requires the use of safe patient handling equipment in hospitals, nursing homes, and outpatient surgical centres. The law was amended in 2009 to include all outpatient care settings. Minnesota represents one of 11 states that has a safe patient handling standard and one of two that enforces it through the state OSHA program. This presentation will detail the requirements of the statute, steps that were taken along the way to make it successful, and where things stand after 15 years.

Breca Tschida

About the presenter

Breca Tschida is the ergonomics and warehousing supervisor for Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Compliance. Before returning to compliance, Breca was the ergonomics program coordinator and industrial hygienist for Minnesota OSHA’s consultative group, Workplace Safety Consultation, for 14 years. She is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE). Breca has also worked as a private ergonomics and industrial hygiene consultant, a health compliance officer, and member of the ergonomics team for OSHA compliance with the North Carolina Department of Labor.

Registration

This is a free webinar, but registration is required to reserve your spot. Please complete the below registration form. The webinar login details will be emailed to you the week of the webinar.

Please note, there will be no recording available for this webinar, but the presentation slides will be shared with registrants.

For assistance, please contact Betina Butler at bbutler@uwaterloo.ca.

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Disclaimer: CRE-MSD receives funding through a grant provided by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. The views expressed are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre nor of the Province of Ontario.