Ergonomic assessment among radiology technologists: a survey in a hospital

Pais, Fernando Lima; Azevedo, Paulo Roberto Medeiros de; Medeiros, Lícia Helena de Oliveira; Freitas, Iraí Borges de; Stamato, Cláudia

doi:10.3233/wor-2012-0641-1821

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“…To prevent awkward postures, use a video display next to the X-ray control panel if the operator cannot comfortably operate controls and simultaneously view the patient [192]. A wall-mounted film holder can be used to label the film to avoid holding the film in an awkward posture while applying the label [192]. To reduce non-neutral postures at the shoulders, overhead X-ray machines should be moved to chest level to avoid reaching overhead.…”

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Controlling Health Hazards to Hospital Workers: A Reference Guide

Gorman¹,

Dropkin²,

Kamen³

et al. 2014

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Controlling Health Hazards to Hospital Workers: A Reference Guide

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Dropkin²,

Kamen³

et al. 2014

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“…Among the included investigations, the RULA, Corlett, and OWAS scales were used to assess the presence of any potential work-related musculoskeletal disorders. 39 As a result of the strained positions that were adopted by the included healthcare workers in this setting, it has been reported that the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was reportedly significantly high. Furthermore, different relevant investigations have demonstrated that burnout syndrome might be associated with the affected patients as a result of the increased burden of the different work-related ergonomics without the application of adequate interventions among these patients.…”

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Most common ergonomic injuries among healthcare workers

Alharbi¹,

Alghanem²,

Alessa³

et al. 2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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In the different healthcare settings, evidence shows that healthcare workers can be exposed to various work-related hazards, which might be ergonomics, biological, psychological, and physical hazards. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are frequently reported among the different healthcare workers, and estimates indicate that surgeons are the most commonly affected. Disorders and injuries related to the backbone, shoulders, wrist, and knees are mainly reported by healthcare workers as relevant ergonomic hazards. In the present literature review, we have discussed the commonest ergonomics that have been reported in the literature among healthcare workers. Musculoskeletal disorders as back, knee, and wrist pain are the most frequently reported among the different settings. We have also assessed the different reasons that might attribute to the development of such events, and increased workload and working hours, in addition to the harmful postures are the main reasons that have been reported in the literature. Each clinical and surgical setting might be associated with significant risk factors over others, and therefore, specific interventions should be applied within these settings to enhance satisfaction among healthcare workers. Healthcare authorities are mainly responsible to achieve this. However, further epidemiological investigations are still needed to adequately plan the righteous interventional programs.

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“… 3.1.1.1 56 ) Poland 2012 Application of several ergonomic tools, including the OWAS, for midwives. 3.1.1.3 62 ) Brazil 2012 Application of the OWAS and RULA, Corlett poll and questionnaire in radiologists. 3.1.1.5 59 ) Brazil 2012 Application of the OWAS in nursery-school workers.…”

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“…Other authors 62 ) used the OWAS together with RULA and the Corlett questionnaire in radiologists of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro. One of the main conclusions was that the staff suffered MSD due to the adoption of strained postures during the work day.…”

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Musculoskeletal disorders: OWAS review

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The prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) is very important in the world. Governments and companies are the most interested. The objective of the present work is to review the literature on the applications of the OWAS method in the diverse sectors or fields of knowledge and countries from its publication to March 2017. The use of OWAS method has been classified by categories of knowledge, by country and by year. The search was made by selecting only the main collection of the Web of Science. This was selected by the option “Advanced search” using the term OWAS (ts=OWAS) for the time period of 1900 to 2017. A total of 166 results were found, consisting of conference papers and articles in scientific journals. In conclusion, the OWAS has been applied mainly in two sectors: “Manufacturing industries” and “Healthcare and Social assistance activities”. This method needs to be complemented with other indirect or direct methods. Also, whenever the OWAS has been used, whether individually or together with other methods, musculoskeletal disorders risks have been detected, this perhaps being an indicator to review the evaluation parameters because overestimating the risk.

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Ergonomic assessment among radiology technologists: a survey in a hospital

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

Controlling Health Hazards to Hospital Workers: A Reference Guide

Controlling Health Hazards to Hospital Workers: A Reference Guide

Most common ergonomic injuries among healthcare workers

Musculoskeletal disorders: OWAS review

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