| Document ID (ISN) | 104178 |
| CIS number |
05-473 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Gil Borrego D., Zabala Torrecilla E., Idoate García V.M., Pollán Rufo M. |
| Title |
Evaluation of the physical workload of operating theatre instrument nurses according to the OWAS method |
| Original title |
Evaluación de la carga física de instrumentistas de quirófano mediante el método OWAS [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2003, Vol.L, No.193, p.33-36. 8 ref. |
| Abstract |
This study compares the workstations of nine operating theatre instrument nurses in different specializations of surgery including general surgery, traumatology, neurosurgery; cardiovascular surgery and ophthalmological surgery. Postural analyses of the trunk, arms and legs were carried out according to the OWAS method. Results show a high proportion of forced postures among cardiovascular surgery instrument nurses (OWAS action level 4). Practically all activities involve a physical workload corresponding to action levels 1 and 2. Physical workload is low in the case of eye surgery, since the work takes place in the sitting posture, and in arthroscopy, where the intervention is of short duration. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
physical workload; nursing personnel; operating theatres; work posture |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
posture recording; comparative study; ergonomic evaluation; workload assessment |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Work posture
Health care services
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