TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventing our caregivers from becoming patients - Challenges, successes, and trends faced by hospital risk managers and ergonomists
AU - Wiggermann, Neal
AU - Hallbeck, Susan
AU - James, Tamara
AU - Kumpar, Dee
AU - Williamson, Robert
AU - Wolf, Laurie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2016 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Healthcare workers suffer musculoskeletal disorders at rates that exceed most other industries. Despite this, many healthcare facilities do not follow best practices that are proven to reduce risk of injury. This discussion panel will explore the reasons for why the healthcare industry struggles to prevent injuries and will outline successful strategies for protecting workers. The panelists are leaders and advisors for large medical systems and their specialties include ergonomics, safe patient handling, and patient safety. The panelists relate the critical challenges faced when preventing caregiver injuries. Such challenges include underreporting of staff injuries, lack of funding or administrative support, and inability to sell the connections among caregiver safety, caregiver productivity, and patient safety. The panelists also share success stories of when they have achieved positive change and explain the strategies that were effective. Practitioners should gain new insights for implementing successful change, and researchers will be exposed to new and important research questions.
AB - Healthcare workers suffer musculoskeletal disorders at rates that exceed most other industries. Despite this, many healthcare facilities do not follow best practices that are proven to reduce risk of injury. This discussion panel will explore the reasons for why the healthcare industry struggles to prevent injuries and will outline successful strategies for protecting workers. The panelists are leaders and advisors for large medical systems and their specialties include ergonomics, safe patient handling, and patient safety. The panelists relate the critical challenges faced when preventing caregiver injuries. Such challenges include underreporting of staff injuries, lack of funding or administrative support, and inability to sell the connections among caregiver safety, caregiver productivity, and patient safety. The panelists also share success stories of when they have achieved positive change and explain the strategies that were effective. Practitioners should gain new insights for implementing successful change, and researchers will be exposed to new and important research questions.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541931213601223
DO - 10.1177/1541931213601223
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85021835124
SN - 1071-1813
SP - 964
EP - 968
JO - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
JF - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
T2 - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2016 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2016
Y2 - 19 September 2016 through 23 September 2016
ER -