Creative use of ergonomic principles in home care

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• Personal Author:
  Bloswick D ; Sitzman K
• Description:
  Although the OSHA Ergonomics Standard was repealed this year, home care agencies and visiting staff should be conscious of the issues surrounding workplace safety. This article explains ergonomic terms and applies them to situations home care staff encounter daily. Helpful ideas to prevent these injuries support thinking in new ways to prevent injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Ergonomics Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Health-care Health-care-personnel Injury-prevention Medical-care Medical-personnel Nurses Nursing Occupational-health-nursing Safety-measures Work-performance Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0884-741X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  98-103
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038160
• Citation:
  Home Healthc Nurse 2002 Feb; 20(2):98-103
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Home Healthcare Nurse
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0cf25e90bc2476a643e3bad46103a15b117b7041d22d013b243d415cbcc0c5b6704a0e0b88ad00c1494d9602afd2c1231aa91aba927e9ae49cf319fc973ca943
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191956/cdc_191956_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.23 MB ]