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Which of the following is true regarding musculoskeletal injuries in healthcare?

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Why are health care workers at high risk for back injury and musculoskeletal injury while moving and transferring patients.

These injuries are due in large part to overexertion related to repeated manual patient handling activities, often involving heavy manual lifting associated with transferring, and repositioning patients and working in extremely awkward postures.
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