Abstract:
:Health care workers suffer from musculoskeletal disorders at a significantly higher rate than workers in other industries. Consequently, a growing demand for patient handling devices to reduce worker injury has evolved. This article reviews the literature regarding interventions designed to reduce injuries among health care workers. A PubMed search was conducted using the terms "occupational health [Mesh Terms] patient lifting." Fourteen articles were identified that assessed interventions to improve worker safety. Of the 14 articles, 7 discussed technological interventions, 4 educational approaches, and 3 policy change. All three types of interventions were generally effective at improving worker safety, with the ideal intervention consisting of elements of all three types. Although adopting a new intervention may be expensive, the reduction in workers' compensation costs associated with injured nurses can easily outweigh the costs of interventions.
journal_name
Workplace Health Safjournal_title
Workplace health & safetyauthors
Aslam I,Davis SA,Feldman SR,Martin WEdoi
10.1177/2165079915580038subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-06-01 00:00:00pages
267-75; quiz 276issue
6eissn
2165-0799issn
2165-0969pii
2165079915580038journal_volume
63pub_type
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