Evaluation of Occupational Risk Factors for Healthcare Workers through Analysis of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Claims Database
Evaluation of Occupational Risk Factors for Healthcare Workers through Analysis of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Claims Database作者机构：Center for Environmental and Occupational Risk Analysis and Management Department of Environmental and Occupational Health College of Public Health University of South Florida Tampa FL USA
出 版 物：《Occupational Diseases and Environmental Medicine》 (职业病与环境医学（英文）)
年 卷 期：2014年第2卷第4期
页 面：77-85页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Healthcare Workers Workers’ Compensation Physical Hazards Occupational Injury
摘 要：The purpose of this study is to evaluate occupational risk factors for nurses and CNAs by analyzing the Florida workers’ compensation claims database. Risk factors for the cause of injury, nature of injury, body part injured, and demographic and lifestyle factors were evaluated for a sample of CNAs, nurses, and restaurant servers. The results identified falls, lifting, being struck, and pushing and pulling as major causes for injury among nurses and CNAs as compared to servers. Regarding the nature of injury, sprains and strains constituted the majority of claims for nurses and CNAS with the lower back being the body part most commonly injured in a claim. The results of this study indicate that nurses and CNAs are at far greater risk for physical injury than injury or illness from chemical or biological exposures. It is recommended that emphasis must be placed on interventions for musculoskeletal injuries such as falls and lifting, taking into account environmental factors such as age and lifestyle factors that further exacerbate risk for injury.
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