Did you know...

• Nurses working in the healthcare industry have the third highest rate of back injuries of any occupation in the U.S.
• The vast majority of all nursing injuries are related to resident/patient transfers.
• 70% of residents/patients require some assistance to be transferred. Of that group, 30% require total assistance.

What is Medcare’s Injury Prevention Solution?

Medcare offers a step-by-step approaches to injury prevention and reduction—ZBI, The Zero Back Injury System. ZBI reduces staff injuries due to resident/patient transfers by 40% thus reducing workers comp insurance premiums.