Department of Applied Science and Technology, Anna University, India.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2023 Sep;29(3):1047-1056. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2022.2109323. Epub 2022 Aug 25.
Hospitals provide direct and indirect employment benefits to medical professionals. Accidents in hospitals often lead to disastrous consequences such as fatalities, property damage and economic losses. It is, therefore, imperative to have an occupational health and safety (OHS) policy that aims to reduce work-related accidents to acceptable levels. This study aims to investigate health risks to staff from various hazards and suggest control measures to prevent recurrence of accidents. . A two-stage fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach incorporating the fuzzy analytical hierarchical process (FAHP) and fuzzy technique for order preference for similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) was applied to assess the hazards in a leading multi-speciality hospital in Chennai. . The top three hazards identified in the workplace were electrical hazards, faulty medical equipment, and ventilation and air conditioning hazards. Subsequently, control measures were suggested to reduce the recurrence of hazards. Finally, a survey of hospital accidents occurring in India between 2010 and 2020 was conducted and compared with the results of this study. . The survey findings show similarity to the hazard rankings obtained in this work, thus validating the methodology used for the assessment of hazards in hospitals. Electrical hazards and faulty medical equipment should be monitored.
医院为医疗专业人员提供直接和间接的就业福利。医院事故常常导致灾难性的后果，如死亡、财产损失和经济损失。因此，制定旨在将与工作相关的事故减少到可接受水平的职业健康和安全 (OHS) 政策至关重要。本研究旨在调查工作人员因各种危害而面临的健康风险，并提出控制措施以防止事故再次发生。。采用包含模糊层次分析法 (FAHP) 和模糊逼近理想解排序方法 (TOPSIS) 的两阶段模糊多准则决策 (MCDM) 方法对钦奈一家领先的多专科医院的危害进行评估。。工作场所确定的前三大危害是电气危害、医疗设备故障和通风与空调危害。随后，提出了控制措施以减少危害的再次发生。最后，对 2010 年至 2020 年期间在印度发生的医院事故进行了调查，并与本研究的结果进行了比较。。调查结果与本工作中获得的危害排名相似，从而验证了用于评估医院危害的方法的有效性。应监测电气危害和医疗设备故障。
