Why Surveillance Informatics Is an Integral Part of a Safe Patient Handling Program: Occupational Injuries Due to Patient Handling and Movement in 116 US Hospitals, Occupational Health Safety Network, 2012–2016

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• Personal Author:
  Gomaa, Ahmed ; Groenewold MR ; Marovich S ; Nowlin S ; Vanoli K
• Description:
  Workplace musculoskeletal injuries due to patient handling and movement (PHM) are a significant occupational hazard for healthcare workers in the United States. Study authors Ahmed Gomaa, MD, ScD; Matthew R. Groenewold, PhD, MSPH; Kelly Vanoli; Susan Nowlin; and Stacey Marovich, MHI, MS, PMP, MCTS analyzed workplace musculoskeletal injuries surveillance data submitted by 116 hospitals participating in the Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN) from 2012 to 2016. The detailed analysis of patient injury data showed nursing assistants, radiology technicians, and nurses are at the highest risk for injury. Improved data collection is needed to improve safe patient handling programs (SPHPs), and surveillance information is key for providing evidence on all aspects of SPHP. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Eye Lighting Mining Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Healthcare Workers Epidemiology Health Care Workers Injuries MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Nurses Occupational Injury Patient Handling Surveillance Workplace Musculoskeletal Injuries Due To Patient Handling Movement

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• ISSN:
  2168-8044
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16-25
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062085
• Citation:
  J Assoc Occup Health Pro Healthc 2020 Fall; 40(3):16-25
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac88905ea3b66002bd5f5e4584eb25539e28eeeb6a92ba7012061e37edd373cae611649698f8af8b97d63b6dfbc7d156eaa095494ba568894774c2ad9bd84127
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225402/cdc_225402_DS1.pdf
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