Hasanat Alamgir

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..A more comprehensive evaluation of such programmes should incorporate in the analysis important variables such as staffing ratios, job stresses, injury reporting systems and compensation policies during the study period...

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..For both transferring and repositioning tasks, staff preferred to use ceiling lifts and also found them to be less physically demanding. Further investigation is needed on repositioning tasks to ensure safe practice...

..This specific issue has not been examined for direct patient care occupations in the health care sector...

..The cleaning profession has been associated with multiple ergonomic and chemical hazards which elevate the risk for occupational injury...

..Health care workers have high risk of exposure to human blood and body fluids (BBF) from patients in acute care and residents in nursing homes or personal homes...

..Incidence of occupational injury is anticipated to be high among cooks and food service workers (CFSWs) because of the nature of their work and the types of raw and finished materials that they handle...

..This study estimates the hospital costs of treating work-related injury among a cohort of sawmill workers in British Columbia...

..With the number of employees in healthcare rising and an overwhelming proportion of this workforce being female, it is important to address this issue in this growing sector...

..004) of injury risk over the whole study period. Knowing the causes and nature of injury and their related risk factors are helpful to employers, compensation officials, and other stakeholders to target preventive measures...

..The findings of this research should contribute towards developing evidence-based interventions...

..The relationship between ceiling lift coverage and pressure ulcer rates warrants further investigation...

..To examine how injury rates and injury types differ across direct care occupations in relation to the healthcare settings in British Columbia, Canada...

..An essential assumption of injury prevention programs is the common cause hypothesis that the causal pathways of near misses and minor injuries are similar to those of major injuries...

..To determine the demographic and work characteristics of healthcare workers who were more likely to take sickness absences from work in British Columbia, Canada...

..To estimate the costs of work-related injury in a cohort of sawmill workers in British Columbia from the perspective of the workers' compensation system...

..It also examined the extent to which workers' compensation capturing patterns varied by cause, severity of injuries, and demographic characteristics of workers...

..A larger proportion of chemically induced incidents resulted in first aid care only, whereas non-chemical incidents required more emergency room visits...

..Occupational noise might increase the risk of workplace injury through a variety of mechanisms, including interference with communication and increased stress...

..To examine the regular and overtime working hours of Registered Nurses in acute care and their associated costs by employment status (full time, part time, casual) and department over a 4-year period...