A Brief Pre-Intervention Analysis and Demonstration of the Effects of a Behavioral Safety Package on Postural Behaviors of Pharmacy Employees

Autor/inn/en	Fante, Rhiannon; Gravina, Nicole; Austin, John
Titel	A Brief Pre-Intervention Analysis and Demonstration of the Effects of a Behavioral Safety Package on Postural Behaviors of Pharmacy Employees
Quelle	In: Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 27 (2007) 2, S.15-25 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-8061
DOI	10.1300/J075v27n02_02
Schlagwörter	Employees; Intervention; Pharmacy; Human Factors Engineering; Human Posture; Observation; Risk; Self Destructive Behavior; Behavior Patterns; At Risk Persons + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Apotheke; Posture; Körperhaltung; Beobachtung; Risiko; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Risikogruppe
Abstract	This study employed a pre-intervention analysis to determine factors that contributed to safe ergonomic postures in a small pharmacy. The pharmacy was located on a university campus and employed both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Three of the eight pharmacy employees had experienced various repetitive motion injuries that resulted in a total of 36 lost days and 161 restricted days in the year prior to treatment onset. Observers collected detailed naturalistic data on the pharmacy employees' ergonomic behaviors when participants were on and off the phone. Results indicated that the participants' ergonomic postures were more at risk when the participants were using the phone. The pre-intervention analysis proved valuable for identifying variables responsible for the participants' at-risk behavior and aiding in the development of an intervention. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10