Ergonomic risk for nursing workers in moving and removing patients

• Main Authors: Thiana Sebben Pasa (Author), Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago (Author), Rosângela Marion da Silva (Author), Anamarta Sbeghen Cervo (Author), Carmem Lúcia Colomé Beck (Author), Natieli Cavalheiro Viero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: to map the ergonomic risks for nursing workers when handling and moving adult patients in a university hospital. Method: cross-sectional study involving 123 hospitalized adult patients, between the months of February to April 2011. Data regarding sociodemographic characteristics were collected...