Implementation and adoption of mechanical patient lift equipment in the hospital setting: the importance of organizational and cultural factors

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• Personal Author:
  Lipscomb HJ ; Myers DJ ; Pompeii LA ; Schoenfisch AL
• Description:
  Background: Work focused on understanding implementation and adoption of interventions designed to prevent patient-handling injuries in the hospital setting is lacking in the injury literature and may be more insightful than more traditional evaluation measures. Methods: Data from focus groups with health care workers were used to describe barriers and promoters of the adoption of patient lift equipment and a shift to a ''minimal-manual lift environment'' at two affiliated hospitals. Results: Several factors influencing the adoption of the lift equipment and patienthandling policy were noted: time, knowledge/ability, staffing, patient characteristics, and organizational and cultural aspects of work. The adoption process was complex, and considerable variability by hospital and across units was observed. Conclusions The use of qualitative data can enhance the understanding of factors that influence implementation and adoption of interventions designed to prevent patient-handling injuries among health care workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hospitals Mass Behavior Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mechanical Lift Equipment Group-behavior Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-engineering Hoisting-equipment Hospital-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Intervention Adoption Manual-lifting Medical-equipment Nurses Nursing Nursing Culture 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:20040249
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2011 Dec; 54(12):946-954
• 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:d4f0eb0785437dd5f6f99fd55d59681a72b18eb3f84f41ce297f1aa62b04de6735b5fe9ec737fca53ad20caf32371ba50017192f3617964294030a2d4302a167
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193190/cdc_193190_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 110.81 KB ]