Gregory has had epilepsy his whole life, and recently it has become very severe. medications have not and his doctors are worried that the ongoing seizures could cause brain damage if they move from one side of his brain to the other. to prevent this, doctors will perform a medical procedure to disconnect gregory's two cerebral hemispheres from each other by cutting his

It starts with commitment. the health and safety policy is the commitment by the employer to provide and maintain a safe workplace. the commitment of the workforce is also a necessary component.when the workplace parties sit down to develop an ergonomic approach to patient handling, they will develop terms of reference that set forth how the health and safety committee will function in approaching this problem and reach its goal of reduced injuries.in general, a safe patient handling program will involve the following steps: management approval and commitment to develop and implement a patient handling program.perform a needs analysis.create and standardize patient assessment criteria.develop decision trees to standardize actions.determine which controls are needed to implement specific tasks or patient needs.institute a "no-lift" policy, where possible.