Suggestions for Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders in Home Healthcare Workers: Part 2: Lift and Transfer Assistance for Non-Weight-Bearing Home Care Patients

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• Personal Author:
  Galinsky TL ; Parsons KS ; Waters, Thomas R.
• Description:
  Overexertion from lifting and moving patients is a common cause of work-related injuries among health care personnel. As described in the first part of this two-article series (parsons et al., 2006), the prevalence of such injuries is particularly high in HHC as compared with many other occupations (Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS], 1994-2001; Galinsky et al., 2001). The purpose of these articles is to describe an ergonomic approach for preventing overexertion injuries in HHC workers. The approach involves the use of assistive devices and strategies that allow the patient's activities of daily living to be accomplished with minimal physical strain or discomfort on the part of the worker or the patient. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Health-care Health-care-personnel Injuries Injury-prevention Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Worker-health Workers
• ISSN:
  0884-741X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  227-233
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030216
• Citation:
  Home Healthc Nurse 2006 Apr; 24(4):227-233
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Low Back Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Home Healthcare Nurse
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:50de1ee66c7eedc5ca7c14bf1e9a5df2071e81a7392729d9653eb6d0b28ea7e7179d479ec1ac984ae00a473d1145cc07bf8e2c4b6fd77a32ec65e58fea7a004b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190969/cdc_190969_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.19 MB ]