Ergonomics for Nursing Facilities

描述(申请人提供)：这项研究的目的是降低护理机构员工患肌肉骨骼疾病(MSD)的风险。这一研究目标将通过开发和分发护理设施人体工程学来实现，这是一个为护理设施管理人员和工作人员提供的经过验证的人体工程学培训计划。 护理机构的非致命性伤害或疾病病例的比率在美国排名第四。今年，近五分之一的护理机构员工将在工作中受伤。这些伤害中的大多数可以通过人体工程学培训和管理来预防。尽管所有护理机构的工作人员都处于危险之中，但CNAS发生MSD的风险最高。 该项目的长期目标是：(1)为护理设施管理人员和工作人员开发有效的、全面的人体工学培训计划；(2)增加护理设施管理人员和工作人员对人体工程学的知识，改善态度，并改变他们的行为；(3)通过全国现场测试，展示人体工程学管理和培训计划对护理设施的人体工学文化和职业伤害和发病率的长期影响。该方案将以CD-ROM媒体格式以计算机培训的形式提供。 建议的商业应用： 养老院行业是美国增长最快的行业之一。养老院和个人护理设施在2.1万个工作地点雇用了大约170万名工人。美国卫生保健协会(AHCA)表示有兴趣出版护理设施的人体工程学。该计划也将向医院工作人员和其他医疗保健专业人员销售。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this research is to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) to employees of nursing facilities. This research goal will be achieved through the development and distribution of Ergonomics for Nursing Facilities, a validated ergonomics training program for nursing facility managers and staff. Nursing facilities have the fourth highest rate of nonfatal injury or illness cases in the United States. Nearly one in five nursing facility workers will be injured on the job this year. The majority of these injuries can be prevented through ergonomics training and management. CNAs have the highest risk of developing an MSD, although all nursing facility staff is at risk. The long-range goals of this project are: (1) To develop a validated, comprehensive ergonomics training program for nursing facility managers and staff (2) To increase the knowledge, improve the attitudes, and modify the behaviors of nursing facility managers and staff toward ergonomics; and (3) To demonstrate the long-term effects of an ergonomics management and training program on the ergonomic culture and occupational injury and illness rates of nursing facilities through a national field test. The program will be delivered as computer-based training in a CD-ROM media formats. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The nursing home industry is one of America's fastest growing industries. Nursing homes and personal care facilities employ approximately 1.7 million workers at 21,000 work sites. The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has expressed an interest in publishing Ergonomics for Nursing Facilities. The program will also be marketable to hospital staff and other health care professionals.