An Ergonomic Approach to Reducing Back Stress While Carrying Out Patient Handling Tasks with a Hospitalized Patient

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• Personal Author:
  Garg, Arun ; Keene K ; Olson S ; Owen BD ; Garg, Arun ; Keene K ; Olson S ; Owen BD
• Description:
  Health care workers, especially nursing personnel, are at great risk for occupationally related back problems. Through Worker Compensation claims in the United States, Klein, Jensen and Sanderson (1984) found nursing personnel were ranked fifth among all occupational groups for back injuries. Those groups surpassing nursing personnel are known to be involved in heavy physical labor activities including frequent lifting (miscellaneous laborers, sanitation workers, warehouse workers and mechanics). Researchers have been successful in reducing back stress and back injury rates through an ergonomic approach within a long term care/nursing home setting. The purpose of this study was to reduce the physical stress for hospital personnel while involved in carrying our patient handling tasks and to determine the impact of these ergonomic changes on patient comfort. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back Injuries Health Care Personnel Health Care Workers Medical Personnel Nurses Nursing Occupational Hazards Patient Handling
• ISBN:
  9783609762814
• Publisher:
  ECOMED
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Book ; Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  298-301
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059277
• Citation:
  Occupational health for health care workers. Hagberg M, Hofmann F, Stobel U, Westlander G eds. Landsberg, Germany: ECOMED, 1995 Jul; :298-301
• Editor(s):
  Hagberg M; Hofmann F; Stobel U; Westlander G ; Hagberg M; Hofmann F; Stobel U; Westlander G
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational health for health care workers
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:59238dd25fdc9119d10e06054065e75a521650aec4a18a03ebad6790730dc5ac3c17553fde32b06e8c189a8ca4c52997ed57ed0bd1ed115db4888c218bf33d7b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223555/cdc_223555_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB ]