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Why an Ergonomics Program
makes good business sense!
Cornell University Ergonomics Web
Cost of musculoskeletal injuries:
Outcome-based cost benefit analysis.
Source: Patient
Safety Center of Inquiry (Tampa, FL) , Veterans Health Administration.
Websites
– Injury Cost Calculators:
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Safety
Pays tool from Oregon OSHA.
Safe Patient Handling Pays allows employers to
enter the cost of injuries experienced in their workplace and the profit margin
the program computes additional sales revenue necessary to cover the incurred
costs of injuries. Its primary function is to raise awareness and concern about
the negative effects of injuries on business.
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OSHA Safety & Health management E-Tool
A Practical Guide To Finance
and Budgeting. Skills for Nurse Managers K.T. Waxman.
(2nd Ed.). HCPro.
Ergonomics Programs - General
Assessing Cost/Benefits of
Human Factors. Rouse, W., & Boff, K. Chapter 49 p1617 to 1633. Handbook of
Human Factors and Ergonomics (2nd edition). 1997. John Wiley & Sons.
The Business
Case for Safety and Health (Sept 2009) NIOSH blog
Ergonomics to the Rescue A Cost-Justification Case Study.
(April, 2001). Rodrigues, C. C. Authors Professional Safety, (46)4.
Estimating
the effectiveness of ergonomics interventions through case studies: implications
for predictive cost-benefit analysis (2008).
Goggins, R.W., Spielholz, P., & Nothstein, G.L. J Safety Res. 39(3):339-44. Epub
2008 Apr 28.
Office Ergonomics Do They Work?
An analysis of the effectiveness of the state of Oregon’s office ergonomics
initiative (2005). Brace T. Professional Safety, Sept. 2005:51-55.
The Cost of Safety. (2004)
Behm, M., Veltri,A., & Kleinsorge, I.K. Professional Safety, April 2004:22-29.
Worker Protection: Private
Sector Ergonomics Programs Yield Positive Results(1997).
Includes case studies from healthcare.
United States General Accounting Office. Report: #HEHS-97-163.
Safe Patient Handling Programs
A business case for patient
care ergonomic interventions (2005).
Siddharthan, K.; Nelson, A. Nursing Administration Quarterly. (29)1.
63-71.
Ergonomics Best Practices for Extended-Care
Facilities from the
Ohio Bureau for Workers Compensation
Implementing a Resident
Lifting System in an Extended Care Hospital Demonstrating Cost–Benefit
(2002). Speigel, J; Ronald, L. A.; Tate, R. B.; Colby, T. AAOHN Journal,(50)3.
Lifting Patients/Residents/Clients
in Health Care, Washington State 2005
the final report from the WA State Lifting in Health Care
Task Force that contains case studies and data from health care facilities in the state.
Note: The link is to the report summary only,
please contact SHARP for
the entire report - Phone: 1-888-66-SHARP (toll-free) or
360-902-5667 or E-mail
SHARP@Lni.wa.gov
Link between Safe Patient
Handling and Patient Outcomes in Long Term Care.
(2008). Nelson, A, et. al.
Rehabilitation Nursing. Vol 33. No. 1.
Long-Term Effectiveness of “Zero-Lift Program” in
Seven Nursing Homes and One Hospital (1999). Garg, A., from the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
The Economic Impact of
Implementing an Ergonomic Plan
(2007). Morgan, A. & Chow, S.
Nurs Econ.
2007;25(3):150-156.
Saving costs,
saving health care providers' backs, and creating a safe patient environment.(2010)
Hunter, B., Branson, M., & Davenport, D.
Nurs Econ. 28(2):130-4
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