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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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An analysis of slip, trip, and fall incidents among workers at a veterans' hospital [electronic resource] / by Michelle C. Eaton.

Eaton, Michelle C. January 2003 (has links)
Title from PDF of title page. / Document formatted into pages; contains 119 pages. / Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of South Florida, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. / Text (Electronic thesis) in PDF format. / ABSTRACT: Occupational slip, trip, and fall, (STF), incidents are a significant cause of traumatic occupational injuries and has been identified as NORA priority area. Objective: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in collaboration with Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health, the Finnish Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and BJC Health System is conducting a 3 year study titled "Slip and Falls Prevention in Health Care Workers". A key component of the overall study is the descriptive analysis of 72 months (1996-2001) of STF incidents. Setting: This analysis encompasses data from the James A. Haley Veteran's Administration Medical Center, (JAH). Results: Forty- five months of historical STF data from the ASISTS database was analyzed. / ABSTRACT: Of 279 STF incidents, 71.22%, (240) were female, the median age was 49 years, RN's were the most common occupational category (70 =21.74%), trips were the most common type of incident, (105 = 33.44%), the parking lot was the most common location, (75 = 23.70%), Non- specified slick surfaces (56 = 17.83%) and non- patient related objects were the most common cause (56 =17.83%), 70.85%, (192) returned to full duty, and 83.67%, (246) had no lost work time. Wilcoxon Ranked Sum test comparing those with affected work time found no significant difference in age (p= 0.4133). Analysis could not be performed using exact number of lost work days and days on light duty because of discrepancies between the ASISTS and Safety Office alternative databases. Conclusion: Efforts and resources to decrease the number of STF incidents at the JAH would be best concentrated in the following areas: Occupations, locations, and causes associated with the highest frequencies of STF incidents. / ABSTRACT: Proposed improvements in the method of data collection include: Identify what STF questions want to be answered. Decide what data is required to answer the question. Design a data collection system around this. Strive for a more integrated approach; encourage employee reporting; altering VA form 2162. Given the downward trend in the three year analysis of STF incidents, caution should be used in analyzing the results of a pre and post intervention study. / System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader. / Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Desenvolvimento de um guia para investigação de incidentes em ambientes de saude baseado na estrutura de gerenciamento de projetos / Development of an incident investigation guide for healthcare environments based on the project management structure

Morita, Plinio Pelegrini 07 August 2009 (has links)
Orientador: Saide Jorge Calil / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T06:19:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Morita_PlinioPelegrini_M.pdf: 1995472 bytes, checksum: 044db36e3175f261486233283a234b7d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Com o crescente aumento do parque tecnológico dentro das instituições de saúde, são crescentes os perigos inseridos no ambiente hospitalar. Conseqüentemente, medidas de gerenciamento de riscos precisam ser adotadas para garantir tanto um ambiente de trabalho seguro para os funcionários como uma maior segurança aos pacientes, familiares e visitantes que transitam diariamente por estas instituições. Uma das possíveis medidas de gerenciamento de risco é a investigação de incidentes, onde informações de ocorrências na instituição são coletadas e analisadas para gerar possíveis modificações de procedimentos e estruturas da instituição, reduzindo assim a probabilidade de ocorrências futuras. Neste trabalho, o desenvolvimento do material apresentado foi baseado em técnicas já amplamente disseminadas em diversos setores da indústria as quais possuem avançadas metodologias de investigação de incidentes. Este trabalho não só propõe um guia completo para a investigação de qualquer tipo de incidente em uma instituição de saúde, como também provê o suporte necessário ao desenvolvimento de uma cultura de segurança que, ao longo do tempo, aumente a segurança dos pacientes e a qualidade do serviço oferecido por essas instituições. Tem ainda como objetivo preencher a lacuna existente nos programas de gerenciamento de riscos de instituições de saúde, uma vez que as metodologias de investigação de incidentes ou não são específicas à investigação em instituições de saúde, ou não abordam adequadamente todas as atividades necessárias, impossibilitando a investigação de todos os tipos de ocorrências em instituições de saúde. O processo investigativo é estruturado de acordo com a teoria de gerenciamento de projetos onde as atividades necessárias foram divididas em dois grandes blocos: um para a Estruturação Inicial e um bloco composto de quatro fases para o processo investigativo. No bloco para estruturação inicial são abordados todos os requisitos necessários em uma instituição de saúde para a implementação de um sistema de investigação de incidentes, variando desde a equipe a ser utilizada até a cultura da instituição. No bloco do Processo Investigativo, a Fase 1 - Inicialização da Investigação descreve as atividades a serem realizadas entre a notificação de uma ocorrência e a chegada da equipe investigativa à cena da ocorrência; na Fase 2 - Coleta de Evidências são detalhadas as atividades que a equipe investigativa irá conduzir enquanto na cena da ocorrência e anteriormente à análise das evidências; na Fase 3 - Análise de Evidências são apresentados os processos de análise e quais os procedimentos a serem tomados com estas evidências para que seja possível determinar os cenários envolvidos e as causas raízes destes cenários; e na Fase 4 - Recomendações e Relatório são fornecidas instruções de como desenvolver recomendações adequadas à instituição e de como apresentá-las de forma a obter o melhor resultado possível. Esta divisão tem como objetivo tornar o material mais fácil de ser seguido e dividir o árduo processo investigativo em sub-atividades menores. Este trabalho resultou em um guia claro, completo, de fácil utilização e que possibilita a investigação de qualquer tipo de ocorrência, fornecendo mais uma ferramenta para auxílio de um sistema de gerenciamento de riscos em instituições de saúde. / Abstract: The hazards inside a healthcare institution are increased by the growth in the use of more technological equipments. Consequently, risk management measures must be taken to ensure both a safe workplace and an improved safety for the patients, family and visitors that transit daily by these institutions. One possible risk management measure is the incident investigation, in which information from occurrences are gathered and analyzed to generate possible procedural and structural modifications in the institution, therefore reducing the probability of future occurrences. The development of the methodology presented in this work was based on techniques widely spread in several industry sectors that already have highly developed incident investigation methodologies. This work proposes a complete incident investigation methodology for the investigation of any type of incident in a healthcare institution, as well as the necessary support for the development of a safety culture that, through time, increases the safety of the patients and the quality of the service offered by these institutions. It also has the objective of filling an existing gap in healthcare institutions risk management programs, since the available incident investigation methodologies are not specific to investigations in healthcare institutions nor cover adequately all the activities inside the incident investigation process. Consequently, it's not possible to investigate all types of occurrences in healthcare institutions. The investigative process here presented is structured according to the project management theory in which the necessary activities were divided into two big blocks: one for initial foundation and one consisting of four phases for the investigation process. In the Initial Foundation block are presented and discussed all the necessary requirements in a healthcare institution for the implementation of an incident investigation system, varying from the team to be used to investigate to the institution's culture. In the Investigative Process block, the Phase 1 - Investigation Initialization describes the activities to be performed between the occurrence notification and the arrival of the team at the incident site. In the Phase 2 - Evidence Collection are described the activities that the investigation team will conduct while in the scene and prior to the evidence analysis. In the Phase 3 - Evidence Analysis are discussed the analyses processes and procedures to be undertaken on the collected evidences so that it becomes possible to determine the involved scenarios and the root causes of such scenarios. In the Phase 4 - Recommendations and Report, instructions are presented regarding the development of recommendations that are adequate to the characteristics of the institution and how to present them in order to achieve the best results. This division has the objective of making this methodology easier to be followed and to divide the arduous investigation process into smaller sub-activities. This work resulted in a clear, complete and easy-to-use guide that allows the investigation of any type of incident, providing another helpful tool for the healthcare institutions risk management system. / Mestrado / Engenharia Biomedica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

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