The quality of escalator signage for public safety in Malaysia:an observational study

作     者：Chii-Chii Chew Chee-Tao Chang Xin-Jie Lim Hasni-Adha Ibrahim Hamiazwa Azmi Nur-Ilyana Wahabi Nur-Shuhaida Hamdan Nurul-Atiqah Nazan Nur-Haliana Karim Nurfarahdila-Ahmad Malawi Ying-Ling Oon Norshazila-Julia MS Amar-Singh HSS Chii-Chii Chew;Chee-Tao Chang;Xin-Jie Lim;Hasni-Adha Ibrahim;Hamiazwa Azmi;Nur-Ilyana Wahabi;Nur-Shuhaida Hamdan;Nurul-Atiqah Nazan;Nur-Haliana Karim;Nurfarahdila-Ahmad Malawi;Ying-Ling Oon;Norshazila-Julia MS;Amar-Singh HSS

作者机构：Clinical Research CenterHospital Raja Permaisuri BainunLevel 4Ambulatory Care CenterJalan Raja Ashman ShahIpohPerak 30450Malaysia Allied Health Science College Sultan Azlan ShahMinistry of HealthTanjong RambutanIpohPerak Darul Ridzuan 31250Malaysia Department of PaediatricHospital Raja Permaisuri BainunMinistry of HealthJalan Raja Ashman ShahIpohPerak 30450Malaysia 

出 版 物：《Global Health Journal》 (全球健康杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第5卷第4期

页      面：198-203页

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：Elevators and escalators Safety Transportation facilities Environment and public health Malaysia 

摘      要：Objective:Escalator signage could be playing a vital role to alert users for safe use of *** study aimed to evaluate the availability,standardization,and content of safety information on escalator signage in the shopping ***:An observational study was conducted from November 2017 to February 2018 to assess the availability,standardization of safety information among the signage inside the shopping mall,and the content of safety information for public safety in Malaysia.A checklist was developed by adapting escalator safety guidelines from seven countries and regions including *** collctors identified from the selected states were required to capture three photographs at different angles of the escalator signage for each ascending and descending directions at each entrance of the *** analysis was performed;each criterion was presented in frequency and ***:A total of 268 escalators from 84 shopping malls in 9 states of Malaysia were *** operating escalators were not equipped with *** than one-ifth(23.0%)of the signage was not standardized within the *** majority of safety information was displayed in the form of a pictogram,a minority of signage displayed information in both pictogram and text format:children must hold hand(12.7%)andbe careful of long clothing(10.8%),***,toddlers should be carried(8.6%)andtake extra care with rubber shoes/tied shoes/laces(30.2%)were found absent in most of the ***:Escalator signage was present in almost all of the escalators ***,non-standardization of the signage of escalators should warrant the attention of relevant authorities to revise the safety guideline s and improve the quality of escalator.