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Of all the workplace hazards in hospitals and other healthcare organizations, patient handling is the greatest work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) risk factor for healthcare workers. Here’s a self-assessment to help identify existing strengths in patient handling and identify opportunities for improvement.
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine the latest workplace safety research. We recently examined how safety training and a strong corporate safety culture can help protect your workers from injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Professional safety organizations have also […]
The National Safety Council (NSC) has released a guide to the surveillance of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), the group announced February 24. The report, “The Importance of Musculoskeletal Disorder and Related Injury Surveillance: An Organizational Approach,” was published through the MSD Solutions Lab, the NSC’s initiative established in 2021 with funding from Amazon to address work-related […]
The National Safety Council (NSC) recently released a second benchmarking survey of its MSD Solutions Pledge community—the “2023-2024 MSD Solutions Index Pledge Community Report.”The new report showed community members’ progress in addressing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), one of the most pervasive workplace injuries, according to the NSC. The NSC surveyed 44 MSD Pledge members from December […]