Ergonomics is an science that studies the adaptation of a workplace to the characteristics of an employee, in which the quality of his work will increase. Ergonomics study the physical aspects of work (stress, endurance, agility, flexibility, visual and auditory workload), as well as the emotional state (in relation to, for example, work schedules, work and stress load).
Ideally, adaptation to the environment allows you to adequately perform work without risk to yourself and the people around you. Special training and the use of personal protective equipment, gurneys, patient lifts are permissible.
The ergonomics of hospitals since the mid 1970s are aimed at those involved in providing direct assistance to the patient, at support services (equipment, laboratory personnel, pharmacists and social workers), as well as those employed in support services (administration and clergy, food service staff, household workers, maintenance workers and security services).
The first point that determines the health of health workers and the quality of medical care is a significant physical strain. It leads to frequent interruptions while providing assistance. Second point - are psychological factors associated with high responsibility and death negatively affect the employee.
On the example of hospital ergonomics, the totality and interaction of personal factors (fatigue, age and preparation) and circumstances (work organization, equipment and psychological support in the working group) are investigated. The most important moments of ergonomics are distance between the chamber and number and location of equipment. The exact characterization of the actual performed work depends on observations during full working days, the collection of objective information about movements, postures, elements of a creative approach and emotional support. From these observations later emerge ways to improve working conditions.
These considerations lay the foundation for future research. An analysis of muscular stresses during use of the equipment (for example, beds, gurneys, food trolleys and portable x-ray equipment) can help in determining the acceptable conditions for their use. Measurement of illumination levels can be supplemented with information on the size and clarity of reading medical labels. In the intensive care unit, the alarms can be confusing, so it is useful to determine their acoustic spectrum.
It is important to adapt work schedules and common work areas to the needs of the working group. Inconvenient body positions, incorrect methods for lifting weights are associated with a doubling of the number of injuries to the back, joints and muscle problems, leading to entry into the hospital. Operating conditions vary from country to country. For example, 51% of German nurses and only 24% of Norwegians complained of lumbodynia at the end of the working day. This is because nurses have 2 times more patients in hospitals in Germany, and height-adjustable beds are half the size of hospitals in Norway, and fewer nurses have equipment for lifting and transporting patients (78% of German hospitals have gurneys and lifts against 87% of Norwegian).
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