The diploma thesis concentrates on the topic of occupational health and safety of healthcare workers in intensive care unit. The main topic of the theoretical part is the definition of the term occupational health and safety, summarization of its contents and clarification of the law regulation concerning subject. The main purpose of the empiric part is to find out whether the healthcare employees that work in intensive care unit follow the principles of occupational health and safety. The research questions are supposed to find out how thoroughly are these principles followed, whether the staff is sufficiently informed about occupational health and safety, what are the most frequent causes of its violation and if the staff knows their risk that come from breaking the rules of health and safety principles. Furthermore these questions should find out, which positive factors influence the following of occupational health and safety on the intensive unit workplace. The questions also research, whether the healthcare management has set good training and inspection of adhering to occupational health and safety rules. The data needed to come up with the previously mentioned results have been processed in the form of qualitative and quantitative research. The statistic evaluation is done though the...

Background: RTW after work-related injuries is a multifactorial process. Factors affecting clinicians to make RTW-recommendations for patients with WRSEI have not been studied in the literature. Purpose: We investigated the associations between group of factors chosen from different domains (Personal/Environmental) and clinicians’ RTW-recommendations for patients with WRSEI. Methods: Study design was cross-sectional. Data were collected from self-reported surveys and clinical charts of 130 adult workers (not working at the time of visit and referred to WSIB-Shoulder & Elbow Specialty Clinic-Toronto) with chronic (≥6-months) injuries. Results: Population mean age was 43.5-years. 52% were female. The average time-since-injury was 20.4-months (45%>12-months). 70% received RTW-recommendations (regular/modified-job). 30% received a No-RTW-recommendation. 42% had education≥college-level. 18% had heavy (>20kg) job-demands. Higher MCS-scores had a significant association (p=0.0003) with clinicians’ RTW-recommendations. Conclusion: In patients with chronic WRSEI(s), poor general health-status and high disability, workers with better mental-health were more likely to receive a RTW-recommendation by clinicians.

Background: RTW after work-related injuries is a multifactorial process. Factors affecting clinicians to make RTW-recommendations for patients with WRSEI have not been studied in the literature. Purpose: We investigated the associations between group of factors chosen from different domains (Personal/Environmental) and clinicians’ RTW-recommendations for patients with WRSEI. Methods: Study design was cross-sectional. Data were collected from self-reported surveys and clinical charts of 130 adult workers (not working at the time of visit and referred to WSIB-Shoulder & Elbow Specialty Clinic-Toronto) with chronic (≥6-months) injuries. Results: Population mean age was 43.5-years. 52% were female. The average time-since-injury was 20.4-months (45%>12-months). 70% received RTW-recommendations (regular/modified-job). 30% received a No-RTW-recommendation. 42% had education≥college-level. 18% had heavy (>20kg) job-demands. Higher MCS-scores had a significant association (p=0.0003) with clinicians’ RTW-recommendations. Conclusion: In patients with chronic WRSEI(s), poor general health-status and high disability, workers with better mental-health were more likely to receive a RTW-recommendation by clinicians.

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Att vara violinist ställer stora krav på den enskilde eftersom yrket för med sig betydande risker för att råka ut för arbetsrelaterad ohälsa. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur violinlärare på musikhögskola i Sverige säger sig arbeta för att förebygga arbetsrelaterad ohälsa (ARO) hos violinstudenter och om detta sker på lärarens eget initiativ eller om lärarkollegiet arbetar efter en speciell metodik. Studien utgår från en hermeneutisk metod för att tolka kvalitativa intervjuer av violinlärare på musikhögskola. Resultatet visar på ett personligt engagemang hos de intervjuade lärarna vad det gäller att lära ut ergonomi i instrumentalundervisningen, men att det är upp till varje lärare att bestämma omfattning och djup på den ergonomiska kunskap som förmedlas till studenterna. Beroende på vilken violinlärare man har så kan det således vara stora skillnader på ergonomins tyngd i violinundervisningen. Detta innebär att violinstudenter inte ges lika förutsättningar för att undvika arbetsrelaterad ohälsa. / Being a violinist implies great demands on any individual since the profession brings considerable risks of work-related illnesses or injuries. This essay investigates how violin teachers in music colleges in Sweden are working in order to prevent work-related injury and illness among violin students and if this happens due to the teacher’s own initiative or if the college is working with a certain methodology. The study utilizes a hermeneutic method in order to interpret qualitative interviews with violin teachers at music colleges. The results show a personal commitment among the interviewed teachers when it comes to teaching ergonomics in instrumental teaching, but it is up to each teacher to decide the extent and depth of the ergonomic knowledge that is being passed on to the students. Depending on the violin teacher, there may be considerable differences in the ergonomic focus of the violin teaching. This means that violin students do not receive the same chances with regards to avoiding work-related illnesses or injuries.