Koshy, K;
Syed, H;
Luckiewicz, A;
Alsoof, D;
Koshy, G;
Harry, L;
(2020)
Interventions to improve ergonomics in the operating theatre: A systematic review of ergonomics training and intra-operative microbreaks.
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
, 55
pp. 135-142.
10.1016/j.amsu.2020.02.008.
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Abstract
Musculoskeletal occupational injury is prevalent within the surgical community. This is a multi-factorial issue, but is contributed to by physical posture, environmental hazards and administrative deficiency. There is growing awareness of this issue, with several behavioural, educational and administrative techniques being employed. The literature on this topic is, however, sporadic and difficult to access by healthcare practitioners. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the literature on the current interventions used to minimise musculoskeletal occupational injury in surgeons and interventionalists. This review will focus on administrative and human factor interventions, such as intra-operative microbreaks and ergonomics training.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Interventions to improve ergonomics in the operating theatre: A systematic review of ergonomics training and intra-operative microbreaks |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.02.008 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2020.02.008 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Ergonomics, Occupational injury, Surgical ergonomics, Operating theatre, Musculoskeletal injury |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114856 |
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