Patient Handling Tasks with High Risk for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Critical Care

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-143

  Waters, Thomas R ^a   Nelson, Audrey ^b   Proctor, Caren ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BED REST; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; DECISION TREE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

ALGORITHMS; BED REST; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION TREES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34248549814     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.02.008     Document Type: Review

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