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Time pressure, lack of control over work tasks, long working hours, shift work, lack of support and moral injury are important risk factors for occupational stress, burnout and fatigue among health workers.
- Chapter 21: Selected occupational risk factors
This chapter examines the disease and injury burden produced...
- Chapter 21: Selected occupational risk factors
Four major global factors that the survey indicated will influence the practices of occupational health and safety are: the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainability Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the Revised GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety Global Reporting Initiative; the ISO 45001 International Occupational Health ...
Jul 15, 2004 · This chapter examines the disease and injury burden produced by selected occupational risk factors: occupational carcinogens, airborne particulates, noise, ergonomic stressors and risk factors for injuries.
May 18, 2020 · This review provides detailed information regarding the OHS hazards that affect healthcare professionals working in hospitals and healthcare facilities in Taiwan. The review summarizes the risk factors for hazards, as well as the control strategies to control, eliminate, or reduce them.
- Lin Che Huei, Lin Ya-Wen, Yang Chiu Ming, Hung Li Chen, Hung Li Chen, Wang Jong Yi, Lin Ming Hung, L...
- 2020
- Overview
- Safeguarding The Health, Safety and Well-Being of Health Workers
- Who Response
Health workers are all people engaged in work actions whose primary intent is to improve health, including doctors, nurses, midwives, public health professionals, laboratory technicians, health technicians, medical and non-medical technicians, personal care workers, community health workers, healers and traditional medicine practitioners. The term ...
The protection of health and safety of health workers contributes to improving the productivity, job satisfaction and retention of health workers. It also facilitates the regulatory compliance of health facilities with national laws and regulations on occupational health and safety, bearing in mind the specific working conditions and occupational h...
In 2022, with resolution WHA74.14 on protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce, the World Health Assembly called upon Member States “to take the necessary steps to safeguard and protect health and care workers at all levels”. The global patient safety action plan 2021–2030, adopted by the 74thWorld Health Assembly, inc...
This scoping review has revealed that health care workers in LMICs are exposed to a wide range of occupational hazards and that risk reduction strategies and safety measures are inadequately implemented, mainly due to equipment and human resource limitations.
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Categories of these risk factors for work-related infections include disease factors (such as transmission mode), workplace factors (workplace characteristics, work practices and processes, and engineering and administrative issues), and worker factors (impaired immunity, inadequate prophylaxis, and socioeconomic and language factors). 4
