Objective measures of adoption of patient lift and transfer devices to reduce nursing staff injuries in the hospital setting

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• Personal Author:
  Fricklas E ; James T ; Lipscomb HJ ; Myers DJ ; Pentico M ; Pompeii LA ; Schoenfisch AL ; Yeung Y-L
• Description:
  Background: Interventions to reduce patient-handling injuries in the hospital setting are often evaluated based on their effect on outcomes such as injury rates. Measuring intervention adoption could address how and why observed trends in the outcome occurred. Methods: Unit-level data related to adoption of patient lift equipment were systematically collected at several points in time over 5 years on nursing units at two hospitals, including hours of lift equipment use, equipment accessibility, and supply purchases and availability. Results: Various measures of adoption highlighted the adoption process' gradual nature and variability by hospital and between units. No single measure adequately assessed adoption. Certain measures appear well-correlated. Conclusion: Future evaluation of primary preventive efforts designed to prevent patient-handling injuries would be strengthened by objective data on intermediate measures that reflect intervention implementation and adoption. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hospitals Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Adoption Author Keywords: Mechanical Lift Equipment Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-engineering Hoisting-equipment Hospital-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Intervention Manual-lifting Medical-equipment Nurses Nursing Occupational Injury Prevention Patient Handling Safety-climate Safety-equipment Safety-practices Work-operations Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040248
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2011 Dec; 54(12):935-945
• Contact Point Address:
  Ashley L. Schoenfisch, MSPH, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2200 West Main Street, Suite 400, Durham, NC 27705, USA
• Email:
  ashley.schoenfisch@duke.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Duke University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8e2778c1fadb47847b2461c92f1e8f1e231f781cedb6218e7502997e826889aa3c4ba4fa1b358bc7bceace0b36a49572bb1035a6621efc7a04244b521e221fb8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193189/cdc_193189_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 177.48 KB ]