MSDs: why wholly technology-based solutions do not work
2015
11
30-32
ergonomic evaluation ; hospital ; manual handling ; musculoskeletal diseases ; physical workload ; plant safety and health organization ; healthcare worker ; trade union document
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD)
English
"Nursing is strenuous work and in most European countries a high proportion of workers want to leave the profession. Physically demanding tasks are a major factor: manual handling of patients (getting them on their feet, moving them, transferring them, lifting and repositioning them) and having to maintain restrictive and uncomfortable positions while treating them are the main cause of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among nursing staff. Technology alone will not improve the situation."
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