Perioperating nurses and technicians' perceptions of ergonomic risk factors in the surgical environment

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 833-839

  Sheikhzadeh, Ali ^a,b   Gore, Chaitrali ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a   Nordin, Margareta ^a,b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Operating room; Perioperative nurses, Perioperative technicians

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; JOB ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; ERGONOMIC RISK FACTORS; LOWER BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS; PERIOPERATIVE NURSES, PERIOPERATIVE TECHNICIANS; SURGICAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB DESCRIPTIVE INDEX; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPERATING ROOM; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BIOENGINEERING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEW YORK; OPERATING ROOM TECHNICIANS; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349142169     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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