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Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA)

INTRODUCTION: We have developed a new tool, named Holistic Approach Risk Assessment (HOARA), to support occupational safety and health professionals (OSH) in risk assessment and management when evaluating the biomechanical load of healthcare workers. OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of the HOARA is to su...

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Autores principales: Baracco, Alessandro, Coggiola, Maurizio, Bosio, Davide, Perrelli, Ferruccio, Garzaro, Giacomo, Turcu, Veronica, Pira, Enrico
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Publicado: Mattioli 1885 srl 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31659994
http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v110i5.7624
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author Baracco, Alessandro
Coggiola, Maurizio
Bosio, Davide
Perrelli, Ferruccio
Garzaro, Giacomo
Turcu, Veronica
Pira, Enrico
author_facet Baracco, Alessandro
Coggiola, Maurizio
Bosio, Davide
Perrelli, Ferruccio
Garzaro, Giacomo
Turcu, Veronica
Pira, Enrico
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description INTRODUCTION: We have developed a new tool, named Holistic Approach Risk Assessment (HOARA), to support occupational safety and health professionals (OSH) in risk assessment and management when evaluating the biomechanical load of healthcare workers. OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of the HOARA is to support OSH in risk assessment and management of biomechanical hazards in healthcare facilities. This tool ensures a superior level of analysis by targeting independently various body compartments during all activities completed throughout the work shift. These include: head, neck, back and upper and lower limbs. METHODS: For each body segment, ergonomic determinants were defined on the basis of previous literature, according to which task and job analyses were performed. Upon direct observation, ergonomic factors were given a score based on their temporal extent. Subsequently, action-body segment raw indices and weighted indices were calculated. RESULTS: Results of the application of the method are shown. Of note, a relational database was set up to improve its usability. CONCLUSIONS: From an occupational health perspective, the HOARA, integrated with other methods, is expected to allow a more effective management of human resources, especially when assigning workers to specific jobs or tasks. Overall, the HOARA will be instrumental in assessing the impact of fitness for work judgments on work organization and its resources, in compliance with the guidelines from the Società Italiana di Medicina del Lavoro (SIML).
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spelling pubmed-78100192021-01-29 Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA) Baracco, Alessandro Coggiola, Maurizio Bosio, Davide Perrelli, Ferruccio Garzaro, Giacomo Turcu, Veronica Pira, Enrico Med Lav Original Article INTRODUCTION: We have developed a new tool, named Holistic Approach Risk Assessment (HOARA), to support occupational safety and health professionals (OSH) in risk assessment and management when evaluating the biomechanical load of healthcare workers. OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of the HOARA is to support OSH in risk assessment and management of biomechanical hazards in healthcare facilities. This tool ensures a superior level of analysis by targeting independently various body compartments during all activities completed throughout the work shift. These include: head, neck, back and upper and lower limbs. METHODS: For each body segment, ergonomic determinants were defined on the basis of previous literature, according to which task and job analyses were performed. Upon direct observation, ergonomic factors were given a score based on their temporal extent. Subsequently, action-body segment raw indices and weighted indices were calculated. RESULTS: Results of the application of the method are shown. Of note, a relational database was set up to improve its usability. CONCLUSIONS: From an occupational health perspective, the HOARA, integrated with other methods, is expected to allow a more effective management of human resources, especially when assigning workers to specific jobs or tasks. Overall, the HOARA will be instrumental in assessing the impact of fitness for work judgments on work organization and its resources, in compliance with the guidelines from the Società Italiana di Medicina del Lavoro (SIML). Mattioli 1885 srl 2019 2019-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7810019/ /pubmed/31659994 http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v110i5.7624 Text en Copyright: © 2020 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Baracco, Alessandro
Coggiola, Maurizio
Bosio, Davide
Perrelli, Ferruccio
Garzaro, Giacomo
Turcu, Veronica
Pira, Enrico
Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA)
title Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA)
title_full Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA)
title_fullStr Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA)
title_full_unstemmed Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA)
title_short Whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: Proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (HOARA)
title_sort whole body biomechanical burden of healthcare workers: proposal for a complementary risk assessment and management tool (hoara)
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31659994
http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v110i5.7624
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