scholarly journals Nonfatal Occupational Injury Rates and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Housekeeping Employees of a Hospital in Texas

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirtigandha Salwe ◽  
Shrawan Kumar ◽  
Joyce Hood
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Questionnaire Response ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Hospital Employees ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Type Of Injury

Objectives. To determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in hospital cleaners.Methods. Injury data on all hospital employees were extracted from occupational health records and compared. Additionally an interview-based modified Nordic Questionnaire (response rate 98.14%) was conducted.Results. The mean total injury rate for cleaners was 35.9 per 100 full-time equivalent (FTE), while that for other employees was 13.64 per 100 FTE. Slips/trips/falls and MMH contributed 4.39 and 2.37 per 100 FTE among cleaners and rest of the hospital employees, respectively. The most common type of injury was strain while the most common cause of injury was a striking object.Conclusion. The cleaners have higher injury rates and morbidity as compared to other employees of the hospital. The lower back was most commonly affected.

Marching Band Camp Injury Rates at the Collegiate Level

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dani M Moffitt ◽  
Anne C Russ ◽  
Jamie L Mansell
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Athletic Trainers ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Marching Band ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Strenuous Activity ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
Type Of Injury

Aims: Marching band camp injuries were recorded over the course of 1 week (10 field practices) to determine injury rate for preseason. Methods: Members were instructed to self-report any type of injury that occurred. The collected data were coded and analyzed for total injuries and injuries per section. The injury counts, along with total practices and band members per section, were used to calculate injury rate per 1,000 exposures for total injury and injury per section. Results: There were a total of 191 injuries reported in 1,540 practice exposures. The overall injury rate was 124.03/1,000 exposures. The instrument with the highest injury rate was the mellophone (220.0/1,000 exposures), followed by the trombone (190.0/1,000 exposures), and percussion (184.62/ 1,000 exposures). The instrument with the lowest injury rate was the clarinet (43.75/1,000 exposures). Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that marching band is a strenuous activity and deserves to be considered an area of emerging practice for athletic trainers and other health care professionals.

scholarly journals Time Trends of Percutaneous Injuries in Hospital Nurses: Evidence of the Interference between Effects of Adoption of Safety Devices and Organizational Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4371
Author(s):  
Marco M. Ferrario ◽  
Giovanni Veronesi ◽  
Rossana Borchini ◽  
Marco Cavicchiolo ◽  
Oriana Dashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Trends ◽  
Night Shift ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Safety Devices

Few studies have focused on the combined effects of devices and work organization on needlestick injuries trends. The aim of the study was to estimate trends of percutaneous injury rates (IR) in nurses (N) and nurse assistants (NA) over a 10 year period, in which passive safety devices were progressively adopted. Percutaneous and mucocutaneous injuries registered in a University Hospital in Northern Italy in Ns and NAs in 2007–2016 were analyzed. Organizational data were also available on shift schedules, turnover, downsizing and age- and skill-mix. We estimated IRs per 100 full-time equivalent workers from Poisson models and their average annual percent changes (APC) from joinpoint regression model. In the entire period, monotonic decreases in percutaneous IRs occurred among day-shift Ns (APC = −20.9%; 95% CI: −29.8%, −12%) and NAs (APC = −15.4%; −32.9%, 2.2%). Joinpoint modeling revealed a turning point in 2012 for night-shift Ns, with a steady decline in 2007–2012 (APC = −19.4%; −27.9%, −10.9%), and an increase thereafter (APC = +13.5%; 1.5%, 25.5%). In comparison to 2008 and 2012, in 2016 night-shift Ns were 5.9 and 2.5 times more likely to be younger and less qualified or experienced than day-shift Ns. The observed declines in percutaneous injury rates occurred in a time period when safety devices were progressively implemented. The causal nature of multiple exposures and organizational procedures in affecting injury time trends should be further addressed by quasi-experimental studies.

Effect of Implementing Safety-Engineered Devices on Percutaneous Injury Epidemiology

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 536-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
SeJean Sohn ◽  
Janet Eagan ◽  
Kent A. Sepkowitz ◽  
Gianna Zuccotti
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Pathogen Transmission ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Injury Epidemiology ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Intervention Impact

AbstractObjective:To assess the effect of implementing safety-engineered devices on percutaneous injury epidemiology, specifically on percutaneous injuries associated with a higher risk of blood-borne pathogen exposure.Design:Before-and-after intervention trial comparing 3-year preintervention (1998–2000) and 1-year postintervention (2001–2002) periods. Percutaneous injury data have been entered prospectively into CDC NaSH software since 1998.Setting:A 427-bed, tertiary-care hospital in Manhattan.Participants:All employees who reported percutaneous injuries during the study period.Intervention:A “safer-needle system,” composed of a variety of safety-engineered devices to allow for needle-safe IV delivery, blood collection, IV insertion, and intramuscular and subcutaneous injection, was implemented in February 2001.Results:The mean annual incidence of percutaneous injuries decreased from 34.08 per 1,000 full-time–equivalent employees preintervention to 14.25 postintervention (P < .001). Reductions in the average monthly number of percutaneous injuries resulting from both low-risk (P < .01) and high-risk (P was not significant) activities were observed. Nurses experienced the greatest decrease (74.5%, P < .001), followed by ancillary staff (61.5%, P = .03). Significant rate reductions were observed for the following activities: manipulating patients or sharps (83.5%, P < .001), collisions or contact with sharps (73.0%, P = .01), disposal-related injuries (21.41%, P = .001), and catheter insertions (88.2%, P < .001). Injury rates involving hollow-bore needles also decreased (70.6%, P < .001).Conclusions:The implementation of safety-engineered devices reduced percutaneous injury rates across occupations, activities, times of injury, and devices. Moreover, intervention impact was observed when stratified by risk for blood-borne pathogen transmission.

scholarly journals Agro-industrial accidents linked to length of service, operation site and confidence in employer adherence to safety rules

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Koroma ◽  
Angella Magdalene George ◽  
John Lawson McBrayer ◽  
Jia Bainga Kangbai
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
P Value ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Occupational Accident ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Limited Company

Abstract Background Agriculture consistently ranks among the most hazardous occupational industries globally with high risk of job-related injuries, illnesses, disability, and death. In 2015, the agricultural fatal work injury rate in the United States was 22.8 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers; seven times the all-worker fatal injury rate of 3.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. In this study we identified those factors that are associated with workplace accident and injuries at the Goldtree (SL) Limited Company- a private international agro-industrial palm company operating in Sierra Leone.Methods This is a descriptive research that made use of both qualitative and quantitative research technique to collect occupation related accident and injuries from workers at the Goldtree (SL) Limited Company international palm oil producing and marketing company in Sierra Leone. We analyzed the responses of 100 workers at the Goldtree (SL) Limited Company regarding their work safety, adherence to work safety guidelines as well as working habit.Results Thirty nine (39.0%) of the workers interviewed in this study said they had been involved in some forms of occupational accident; (33.3%) of those involved in some form of occupational accident have been working in the company for 3 – 5 years, 22.0% have been working at the company for at least 2 years; 7.7% have been working for 6 – 8 years (X 2 = 9.88, p-value = 0.02).Conclusion Workers who have spent few years in the job, have confidence that management is committed to addressing health and safety issues, believed that their working tools were in excellent condition, or agreed that they have rights and responsibilities for an effective workplace health and safety system have decreased odds of experiencing occupational accidents or injury.

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS AMONG BANK OFFICE WORKERS: TWO YEARS FOLLOW-UP SURVEY

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghorbanali Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Musculoskeletal Symptoms ◽  
Musculoskeletal Discomfort ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Individual

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) represent one of the leading causes of occupational injury and disability in the developed and industrially developing countries. The economic loss due to such disorders is high and affects not only the individual but also the organization and the society as a whole. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence rate of musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) among employees of the bank office sectors and also identifying majors factors associated with symptoms in the study population in the city of Kerman, Iran. Between 2008 and 2009, 324 (224 male and 100 female) bank office workers was interviewed individually in a private one-on-one interview. A modified version of the nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (NMQ) and cornell musculoskeletal discomfort questionnaire (CMDQ) translated into Farsi by the author was used in this study. The response rate of questionnaire was 68% (152 male and 61 female). The highest prevalence of symptoms were found for male and female upper back, female Hip/Buttocks and neck, and female lower back (62%). The highest prevalence of symptoms was found for female neck, upper back and lower back. Finding indicated that females have been experiencing more complaints than males. The prevalence of MSS among targeted population occurred in high rate.

Issues in Understanding the Impact of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act on Hospital Sharps Injuries

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (9) ◽  
pp. 935-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elayne Kornblatt Phillips ◽  
Mark Conaway ◽  
Ginger Parker ◽  
Jane Perry ◽  
Janine Jagger
Keyword(s):  
Injury Rate ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Prospective Design ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Hospital Worker ◽  
Prevention Act ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sharps Injuries

Objective.Measuring the effect of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) is challenging. No agreement exists on a common denominator for calculating injury rates. Does it make a difference? How are the law and safety-engineered devices related? What is the effect on injuries and costs? This study examines those issues in assessing the impact of the legislation on hospital worker percutaneous injuries.Methods.Using a historic prospective design, we analyzed injury data from 85 hospitals. Injury rates were calculated per 100 full-time equivalents, 100 staffed beds, and 100 admissions each year from 1995 to 2005. We compared changes for each denominator. We measured the proportion of the injury rate attributed to safety-engineered devices. Finally, we estimated a national change in injuries and associated costs.Results.For all denominators, a precipitous drop in injury rates of greater than one-third (P<.001) occurred in 2001, immediately following the legislation. The decrease was sustained through 2005. Concomitant with the decrease in rates, the proportion of injuries from safety-engineered devices nearly tripled (P <.001) across all denominators. We estimated annual reductions of more than 100,000 sharps injuries at a cost savings of $69-$415 million.Conclusions.While the data cannot demonstrate cause and effect, the evidence suggests a reduction in hospital worker injury rates related to the NSPA, regardless of denominator. It also suggests an association between the increase in safety-engineered devices and the reduction in overall injury rates. The decreases observed translate into significant reductions in injuries and associated costs.

Hospital Rightsizing: In Line with Long-Term Strategies and Economic Realities

1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.L. Collins ◽  
Ron Noble
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Program Review ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Hospital Employees ◽  
Fiscal Constraint ◽  
The Impact

After two years of difficult financial times, the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital was faced with another upcoming year of tight fiscal constraint. In February 1991, the hospital implemented a program review process to align its services with the hospital's long-term strategy and economic realities. The authors present a thorough review of the literature pertaining to downsizing decisions. From a practical perspective they demonstrate a downsizing process, its implications and lessons to be learned so that a “rightsizing” exercise can be implemented to minimize the effects of the program and staff reductions while focusing on the positive long-term benefits of strategic planning. Although downsizing is a difficult process, the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital was able to develop and implement a plan that minimized the impact on the hospital services and its staff. A reduction in expenses of over $2 million was achieved without having to lay off any permanent hospital staff. This was achieved by streamlining programs, reducing management supervisory positions and eliminating 50 full-time equivalent positions through attrition. Ultimately, the hospital's board, senior management, medical staff and employees felt that a rightsizing decision had been made, one which minimized the negative impact of restructuring on service delivery, hospital employees and the community served.

ANALISIS BEBAN KERJA DENGAN METODE FULL TIME QUIVALENT UNTUK MENGOPTIMALKAN KINERJA PADA BAGIAN PRODUKSI DI ERLANGGA KONVEKSI, MALANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-59
Author(s):  
Irgi Achmad Fahrezy ◽  
ST. Salmia L. A ◽  
Soemanto Soemanto
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent

Pertumbuhanydan permintaan akan sandang yangysemakin meningkat menuntutbperusahan konveksi untuk memiliki tingkat produktifitas yang tinggi, dimana proses ini dapat dilakukan dengan cara meningkatkanbproduktifitas karyawannya. Erlangga Konveksi adalah salah satu perusahaan konveksi yang berdiri tahun 2010. Masalah yang terjadi di Erlangga Konveksi adalah tidak seimbangnya waktu proses produksi pada tiap stasiun kerja yang menyebabkan terjadinya penambahan jumlahpwaktu kerja dan menyebabkan penumpukanfdan banyak kegiatan dari operator yang menghabiskantwaktu dimana operator banyak melakukan kegiatan di luar dari stasiun kerja mereka sendiri untuk membantu operator di stasiun kerja lainya. Untuk itu perlu dilakukan pengukuran beban kerja sebagai dasar perhitungan kebutuhan tenaga kerja yang sesuai pada bagian produksi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode Full Time Equivalent. Hasil pengukuran menunjukkan beban kerja adalah sebesar 0,33 pada operator gambar pola; 0,29 pada operator  pemotongan 1; 0,31 pada operator pemotongan 2; 0,21 pada operator sablon 1 dan 2; 0,22 pada operator press sablon; 1,24 pada operator jahit obras 1; 1,27 padaooperator jahit obras 2; 0,34 pada operator jahit rantai; 0,25 pada operator cutting sebelumnoverdeck; 0,55 pada operator overdeck 1 dan 2; 0,57 pada operator overdeck 3; 0,18 pada operator quality control 1 dan 2; 0,14 pada operator steam; 0,42 pada operatorpsetrika dan 0,20 pada operator packaging. Berdasarkan beban kerja yang telah dihitung pada masing-masing operatorybagian produksi Erlangga Konveksi, Malang, jumlah tenaga optimal pada bagian produksi adalah sebanyak 7 orang yang terbagi ke dalam 7 stasiun kerja.

scholarly journals Effect of ACTN3 R577X Genotype on Injury Epidemiology in Elite Endurance Runners

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Jorge Gutiérrez-Hellín ◽  
Gabriel Baltazar-Martins ◽  
Millán Aguilar-Navarro ◽  
Carlos Ruiz-Moreno ◽  
Jesús Oliván ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Injury Rate ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Muscle Injuries ◽  
Muscle Type ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Injury Epidemiology ◽  
Endurance Runners ◽  
Type Of Injury ◽  
Genotype A

The p.R577X polymorphism (rs1815739) in the ACTN3 gene causes individuals with the ACTN3 XX genotype to be deficient in functional α-actinin-3. Previous investigations have found that XX athletes are more prone to suffer non-contact muscle injuries. This investigation aimed to determine the influence of the ACTN3 R577X polymorphism in the injury epidemiology of elite endurance athletes. Using a cross-sectional experiment, the epidemiology of running-related injuries was recorded for one season in a group of 89 Spanish elite endurance runners. ACTN3 R577X genotype was obtained for each athlete using genomic DNA samples. From the study sample, 42.7% of athletes had the RR genotype, 39.3% had the RX genotype, and 18.0% had the XX genotype. A total of 96 injuries were recorded in 57 athletes. Injury incidence was higher in RR runners (3.2 injuries/1000 h of running) than in RX (2.0 injuries/1000 h) and XX (2.2 injuries/1000 h; p = 0.030) runners. RR runners had a higher proportion of injuries located in the Achilles tendon, RX runners had a higher proportion of injuries located in the knee, and XX runners had a higher proportion of injuries located in the groin (p = 0.025). The ACTN3 genotype did not affect the mode of onset, the severity, or the type of injury. The ACTN3 genotype slightly affected the injury epidemiology of elite endurance athletes with a higher injury rate in RR athletes and differences in injury location. However, elite ACTN3 XX endurance runners were not more prone to muscle-type injuries.

scholarly journals Effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on antimicrobial prevalence and prescribing in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tat Ming Ng ◽  
Sock Hoon Tan ◽  
Shi Thong Heng ◽  
Hui Lin Tay ◽  
Min Yi Yap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Prevalence Survey ◽  
Antimicrobial Prescribing ◽  
Point Prevalence Survey ◽  
Prescribing Quality

Abstract Background The deployment of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) teams to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to a loss of developed frameworks, best practices and leadership resulting in adverse impact on antimicrobial prescribing and resistance. We aim to investigate effects of reduction in AMS resources during the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial prescribing. Methods One of 5 full-time equivalent AMS pharmacists was deployed to support pandemic work and AMS rounds with infectious disease physicians were reduced from 5 to 2 times a week. A survey in acute inpatients was conducted using the Global Point Prevalence Survey methodology in July 2020 and compared with those in 2015 and 2017–2019. Results The prevalence of antimicrobial prescribing (55% in 2015 to 49% in 2019 and 47% in 2020, p = 0.02) and antibacterials (54% in 2015 to 45% in 2019 and 42% in 2020, p < 0.01) have been reducing despite the pandemic. Antimicrobial prescribing in infectious disease wards with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases was 29% in 2020. Overall, antimicrobial prescribing quality indicators continued to improve (e.g. reasons in notes, 91% in 2015 to 94% in 2019 and 97% in 2020, p < 0.01) or remained stable (compliance to guideline, 71% in 2015 to 62% in 2019 and 73% in 2020, p = 0.08). Conclusion During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no increase in antimicrobial prescribing and no significant differences in antimicrobial prescribing quality indicators.

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