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Analysis of Musculoskeletal Burdened Work among Nurses at a University Hospital

일개 대학병원 간호사의 근골격계 부담작업 분석

  • Jeong, Eun-Hee (Catholic Industrial Medical Center, Catholic University) ;
  • Koo, Jung‐Wan (Catholic Industrial Medical Center, Catholic University)
  • 정은희 (가톨릭대학교 성모병원 산업의학센터) ;
  • 구정완 (가톨릭대학교 성모병원 산업의학센터)
  • Published : 2006.08.31
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Abstract

Severities of musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs) have been recognized at the regular work such as manufacturing but incidence of MSDs are increasing also at the atypical work. The examples of those are health medical workers, office workers and service workers etc. Nurses among health medical workers are accomplishing to manage and recover the patients' health in the first place. Therefore, they are exposed to very stressful work conditions during caring the patients. This study was performed to analyze the musculoskeletal burdened work among nurses at a university hospital, in order to grasp the realities of the MSDs, analyze and prevent MSDs. We surveyed risk factors for ward, intensive care unit, delivery room, newborn room, operation room, function test room and central supply room at a university hospital in Seoul. It was executed for 2 months as the field study that was composed of simulation, real measurement, work motion assessment and subjective assessment. And the results were analyzed into ergonomics techniques. Works according to the criteria of musculoskeletal burdened work by the Ministry of Labor were scrub in operation room and heart ultrasonic function test. And a lot of works that need attention and management were also detected. So it should be required the education and systematic managements of MSDs for nurses.

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