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Equipment, environment, and ergonomics: an enigma of infection risk
Equipment, environment, and ergonomics: an enigma of infection risk
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Davis, James, author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
ECRI (Organization), issuing body.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body. - Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Equipment Design
Equipment Safety
Ergonomics
Patient Safety
Pennsylvania
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Equipment design, the environment, and worker interaction with the equipment all factor into the effectiveness of healthcare delivery. It appears that within the medical literature, there exists a bias toward focusing on ergonomics related to the prevention of workplace injury. Literature that makes a direct correlation between healthcare provider ergonomics and patient safety is sparse. As a result of consultation with a facility regarding a cluster of infections, Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority analysts suspected a link between ergonomic design and the development of those infections. The analysts then queried the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System for data on the existence of other epidemiologic links, specifically targeting procedural systems, procedural environments, and equipment. Analysts identified two specific clusters of patient exposures to equipment that demonstrated a link between ergonomics and a patient's risk of acquiring an infection. Equipment, environment, and ergonomics can be combined either in a structured or haphazard format. If a structured format is employed, then opportunities to prevent healthcare-associated infections can be identified and addressed.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 37-40))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101655456 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101655456