Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers
Subtitle: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts
Contributors: William Charney (Editor); Anne Hudson (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781566706315
Subjects: Occupational / industrial health & safety; Public health & preventive medicine; Science/Mathematics; Industrial safety; Environmental Science; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Prevention; Nursing; Health Care Delivery; Industrial Health & Safety; Occupational & Industrial Medicine; Technology / Industrial Health & Safety; Backache; Back Injuries
First sentence: In 1999, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) identified healthcare patients as the source of 72,363 injuries and illnesses requiring time off work, including 59,002 musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) with the trunk and back as the body parts most often affected.