Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography

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• Personal Author:
  Habes, Daniel J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "Sonographers are at risk for developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders such as inflammation of the tendons (tendonitis) or tendon sheaths (tenosynovitis), bursitis, muscle strains, and pathology of the nerves in the upper extremities, neck, and back. NIOSH recommends appropriate engineering controls, work practices, hazard communication, and training to prevent these work-related musculoskeletal disorders." - NIOSHTIC-2
• Content Notes:
  "The principal contributors to this publication were Robin Epp, MD, MPH, University of Iowa, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Bruce Bernard, MD, MPH and Daniel Habes, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Ashok Nimgarde, MD, Harvard University; and Joan Baker, Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography." - p. [3]
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cumulative Trauma Disorders/prevention & Control Human Engineering Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Diseases Ultrasonography
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  print; [4] p. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031386
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62c481c8a14b78dfb60ae72a4c0ec591bc8397c0c353e139497a41382726ab043dbe2d8ad5c26f16797d44b870e50d8e9a5b4b15ed8c36db6bbb81d39da08f6d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5631/cdc_5631_DS1.pdf
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