The Risk Assessment of Patient Handling in Hospitals of Northeast of Iran.

Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0411772 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1939-9278 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00185868 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Hosp Top Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2010- : New York : Routledge
Original Publication: Chicago : Hospital Buyer

Moving and Lifting Patients*/methods ; Moving and Lifting Patients*/statistics & numerical data ; Moving and Lifting Patients*/adverse effects ; Moving and Lifting Patients*/standards; Humans ; Iran ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Risk Assessment/methods ; Risk Assessment/statistics & numerical data ; Hospitals/statistics & numerical data ; Hospitals/standards ; Hospitals, Public/statistics & numerical data ; Hospitals, Public/standards ; Male

The study aim was to determine the risk of Manual patient handling (MPH) in Shahroud public hospitals, Iran. A cross-sectional study was performed in Imam Hossein (IHospital) and Bahar (BHospital) with 21 wards. MPH risk assessment was performed using MAPO (Movement and Assistance of Hospital Patient) index. The ratio of operator to disabled patient (NC/Op and PC/Op), lifting, minor aid, wheelchair, environmental, and training factor are evaluated to calculate MAPO index. Among studied wards 57%, 33.3%, and 9.5%, respectively, were in the high, moderate, and low risk exposure level. The maximum MAPO score were 16.7 in CCU of IHospital. Emergency ward of BHospital had the highest score of 9.8 and PC/OP ratio 17.5. The most risk factors were minor aid (90.5%), lifting factor (71.4%), and PC/OP (66.7%). Immediate ergonomic action is recommended.

Keywords: Healthcare; MAPO; MSDs; hospital; manual patient handling

Date Created: 20220824 Date Completed: 20240910 Latest Revision: 20240910

20250114

10.1080/00185868.2022.2114964

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