Type Guides & Tools
International
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ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
This checklist provides guidance on the ergonomic design of a medication cart as this impacts patient and staff safety and health issues. The checklist is not a list of features, but rather a list of items that affect ease of use, safety, and effectiveness and reduce the chance of a medical error...
Type Guides & Tools
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LanguageEnglish
ProviderUbiquity Press
This book offers a multi-faceted orientation in the prerequisites for healthy and effective human work. It is intended to help budding system designers and production engineers tackle these design challenges holistically.
Type Guides & Tools
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LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
This document provides instructions associated with the Workplace Ergonomic Risk Assessment (WERA) method, and observational tool developed to provide a method of screening the working task quickly for exposure physical risk factor associated with MSDs.
Type Guides & Tools
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LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
The Workplace Ergonomic Risk Assessment (WERA) method is an observational tool that covers an extensive range of physical risk factors including posture, repetition, forceful, vibration, contact stress and task duration: Is also involves the five main body regions to be assessed (shoulder, wrists,...
Type Guides & Tools
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LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) is a postural targeting method for estimating the risks of work-related entire body disorders. This tool provides a quick and systematic assessment of the complete body postural risks to a worker. The analysis can be conducted before and after an intervention...
Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
The Job Strain Index (JSI) method gives a quick and systematic assessment of the hand/wrist postural risks to a worker. The analysis can be conducted before and after an intervention to demonstrate that the intervention has worked to lower the risk of injury.