Safety, hazards and ergonomics in the operating room

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1965-1969

  Matern, Ulrich ^a   Koneczny, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Hazards; Operating room; Safety; Surgery; Workplace

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTURE; SAFETY; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35449000133     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9396-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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