McCoskey Kelsey L
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Ergonomics Program, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA.
AAOHN J. 2007 Nov;55(11):454-62. doi: 10.1177/216507990705501104.
This study aimed to describe patient-handling demands in inpatient units during a 24-hour period at a military health care facility. A 1-day total population survey described the diverse nature and impact of patient-handling tasks relative to a variety of nursing care units, patient characteristics, and transfer equipment. Productivity baselines were established based on patient dependency, physical exertion, type of transfer, and time spent performing the transfer. Descriptions of the physiological effect of transfers on staff based on patient, transfer, and staff characteristics were developed. Nursing staff response to surveys demonstrated how patient-handling demands are impacted by the staff's physical exertion and level of patient dependency. The findings of this study describe the types of transfers occurring in these inpatient units and the physical exertion and time requirements for these transfers. This description may guide selection of the most appropriate and cost-effective patient-handling equipment required for specific units and patients.
本研究旨在描述一家军事医疗机构住院部24小时内的患者搬运需求。一项为期一天的总体人群调查描述了与各种护理单元、患者特征和转运设备相关的患者搬运任务的多样性及其影响。基于患者依赖程度、体力消耗、转运类型以及转运所花费的时间，建立了生产率基线。根据患者、转运和工作人员特征，对转运对工作人员的生理影响进行了描述。护理人员对调查的回应表明了患者搬运需求是如何受到工作人员体力消耗和患者依赖程度的影响。本研究结果描述了这些住院单元中发生的转运类型以及这些转运所需的体力消耗和时间要求。这一描述可为特定单元和患者选择最合适且最具成本效益的患者搬运设备提供指导。
