Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Quality, Research & Education Department, Metaxa Cancer Hospital of Piraeus, Athens, Greece.
IISE Trans Occup Ergon Hum Factors. 2021 Jan-Mar;9(1):33-48. Epub 2021 Oct 13.
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSThis study demonstrates the applicability of multicriteria tools to solve occupational health and safety (OSH) problems related to cost management in the healthcare sector. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work in which linear programming and established methods for risk assessment of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (i.e., the Key Item Method) have been combined with the knowledge and experience of the corresponding safety engineer (or OSH auditor or consultant). The ease of implementation of the whole process facilitates its future utilization in working practice without adding an undue burden on existing OSH practices.
职业应用 本研究展示了多准则工具在解决与医疗保健部门成本管理相关的职业健康和安全（OSH）问题方面的适用性。据我们所知，这是首次将线性规划和既定的工作相关肌肉骨骼疾病风险评估方法（即关键项目方法）与相应的安全工程师（或 OSH 审核员或顾问）的知识和经验相结合的工作。整个过程的易于实施便于在工作实践中未来利用，而不会给现有的 OSH 实践增加不必要的负担。
