Reducing Occupational Risk to Ambulatory Caregivers
Reducing Occupational Risk to Ambulatory Caregivers
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DOI：
10.1177/2165079916642776
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Fragala, Guy
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作者：
Fragala, Guy
近年来，卫生保健行业的患者安全处理问题已由各利益相关者解决，但仍有许多工作要做，以减少卫生保健工作者的伤害，并提高患者的安全和护理质量。最近，安全的病人处理在门诊护理设置已获得关注。随着卫生保健服务的发展，对流动护理的需求将增加，更多的依赖患者将访问流动护理诊所。通常，门诊护理诊所没有配备适当的安全的病人处理设备。检查台是门诊诊所的标准设置，目前高度固定，不易接近。本研究调查了引入新的高度可调节的检查台，以门诊护理设置的好处。本研究结果表明，通过使用高度可调节的检查台，可以显著降低护理人员工作相关肌肉骨骼疾病（WMSD）的风险。
In recent years, safe patient handling in the health care industry has been addressed by various stakeholders, but much work remains to reduce health care worker injuries, and improve safety and care quality for patients. Recently, safe patient handling in ambulatory care settings has gained attention. As health care delivery evolves, demands on ambulatory care will increase and more dependent patients will visit ambulatory care clinics. Typically, ambulatory care clinics are not equipped with appropriate safe patient handling equipment. Examination tables, standard in ambulatory care clinics, currently have fixed height and are not easily accessible. This study investigated the benefits of introducing new height-adjustable examination tables to an ambulatory care setting. The results of this study indicate that by using height-adjustable examination tables, work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) risk for caregivers can be significantly reduced.