Patient Handling Tasks with High Risk for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Critical Care

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• Personal Author:
  Nelson A ; Proctor C ; Waters, Thomas R.
• Description:
  Critical care nurses are at high risk for development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Many patient handling tasks in critical care require physical demands that may result in excessive internal forces, increasing the risk for WMSDs. There are solutions for performing these tasks safely, using technology. This article describes risk factors associated with high-risk patient handling tasks and presents solutions for reducing risk for WMSDs. Studies show that implementing a safe patient handling and movement program that incorporates new technology can pay for itself in a short period of time and provide long-term benefit for health care facilities and nursing staff. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Analytical-processes Equipment-design Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Health-protection Health-services Health-standards Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nursing Rescue-workers Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Safety-programs Teaching Technical-personnel Training Weight-factors Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-monitoring

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• ISSN:
  0899-5885
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  131-143
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032329
• Citation:
  Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2007 Jun; 19(2):131-143
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas R Waters PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Applied Research and Technology, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS C-24, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-24, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  trw1@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1358db7d7e997d0bfe7dd62768c4575a0536387570e68164bf0443984a5796274cd5ae8786a841697bc216643cebe225c8e795cb77289fd6c8922099c4401b4c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186349/cdc_186349_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.66 MB ]