Evaluation of Low-Tech Client Transfer Devices Used by Home Care Aides

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• Personal Author:
  Buchholz B ; Gallegan C ; Punnett, Laura ; Quinn M ; Sun C
• Description:
  Home care tasks, such as patient lifting and transferring, involve forceful exertions and awkward postures and may increase the risk of low back injury. Sixteen home care aides completed simulated client transfers between a bed and wheelchair using a manual transfer method and four transfer devices. Findings suggested that high (bed) to low (wheelchair) transfers produced significant lower hand forces than low to high transfers, while the hand forces using the Beasy board and the Tyvek board were less than the manual's during transfers in both directions. Average trunk flexion speeds were significantly slower while using devices than using the manual method during these transfers. The usability survey suggests that the Beasy board required less exertion and would be preferred for future client visits. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Home Care Services Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Home Health Care Manual Lifting Patient Handling Posture
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069166
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 59th Annual Meeting, October 26-30, 2015, Los Angeles, California. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2015 Sep; 59:1264-1268
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 59th Annual Meeting, October 26-30, 2015, Los Angeles, California
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207700/cdc_207700_DS1.pdf
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