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How to organize and implement health care ergonomics teams.
Healthc Facil Manag Ser. 1996 JunHF

Abstract

Using a systems approach to safety and health management through a comprehensive ergonomic program addresses workplace processes, operations and conditions as interdependent systems in order to identify and eliminate or reduce all types of ergonomic hazards to employees. This document examines the way one health care facility improved its ergonomic program using this approach, from early data collection to implementation of the new plan. By creating several teams with different areas of concern, they set out to reduce ergonomic-related injuries in their facility by 10 percent.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Weinstein SA
MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham, MA, USA.
Flaherty U
No affiliation info available
Soslow A
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Back InjuriesData CollectionErgonomicsHospital Bed Capacity, 500 and overHospital Design and ConstructionHospitals, TeachingHumansInservice TrainingMassachusettsModels, OrganizationalOccupational HealthProfessional Staff CommitteesSafety ManagementUnited StatesUnited States Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationWounds and Injuries

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

10172694

Citation

Weinstein, S A., et al. "How to Organize and Implement Health Care Ergonomics Teams." Healthcare Facilities Management Series, 1996, pp. 1-18.
Weinstein SA, Flaherty U, Soslow A. How to organize and implement health care ergonomics teams. Healthc Facil Manag Ser. 1996.
Weinstein, S. A., Flaherty, U., & Soslow, A. (1996). How to organize and implement health care ergonomics teams. Healthcare Facilities Management Series, 1-18.
Weinstein SA, Flaherty U, Soslow A. How to Organize and Implement Health Care Ergonomics Teams. Healthc Facil Manag Ser. 1996;1-18. PubMed PMID: 10172694.
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