Hignett S
Ergonomist, Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, UK.
Appl Ergon. 2001 Feb;32(1):61-9. doi: 10.1016/s0003-6870(00)00029-6.
In England there has been increasing emphasis on the use of ergonomics to tackle manual handling problems for the last seven years (MHO, 1992, 1998; HSAC, 1998). At Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, I have tried to incorporate an ergonomic approach throughout a wide range of activities since 1994. This paper does not seek to report a research project, simply to share the experience of trying to tackle hospital manual handling risks by taking an ergonomic approach. It will explain what this has involved, where it has been successful and where there have been difficulties. In the five years since the implementation of this strategy three measures have been used to monitor trends. These are (1) manual handling incidents: showing a 33% reduction; (2) days lost from musculoskeletal-related sickness absence: 36% reduction; and (3) completed risk actions: rising from 33% completion to over 75% completion.
在过去七年里，英国越来越重视运用人体工程学来解决人工搬运问题（医疗健康与安全执行委员会，1992年、1998年；卫生与安全委员会，1998年）。自1994年以来，在诺丁汉市医院国民保健服务信托基金，我一直尝试在广泛的活动中纳入人体工程学方法。本文并非旨在报告一个研究项目，只是分享通过采用人体工程学方法来应对医院人工搬运风险的经验。它将解释这一过程涉及哪些方面，哪些地方取得了成功，哪些地方存在困难。自该策略实施以来的五年里，已使用三项措施来监测趋势。这些措施分别是：（1）人工搬运事故：减少了33%；（2）因肌肉骨骼相关疾病缺勤的天数：减少了36%；（3）完成的风险行动：从33%的完成率提高到超过75%的完成率。
