Ergonomic Explorations for the Safety and Health Improvement in Hospital and Healthcare Professions
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Hospitals and healthcare industries, which are required to perform patient care and non-patient related tasks, are complex organisations. They count on an extremely diverse group of professions, which are many of them physically demanding [1]. To a certain extent for this reason, hospital and healthcare workers are at particularly high risks for work-related injuries. The problem of work-related injuries amongst the hospital and healthcare workers has been nationally and internationally identified. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010, the incident rate of injuries for healthcare and hospital support workers was increased by 6% to 283 days-away-from-work cases per 10,000 full-time workers. This increase shows more than double the rate for all public and private employees. The data also demonstrate that the rate of Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) cases with days missed from works for nursing aides, orderlies and attendants increased by 10% [2].
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