Evaluation of Nigerian hospital meal carts

Hospital meal carts are used to deliver meals, drugs and some other materials to patients in the hospital environment. These carts which are moved manually by operators, the health workers, mostly do not comply with ergonomics guidelines and physical requirements of the equipment users in terms of a...

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Published in:Journal of industrial engineering international 2015-09, Vol.11 (3), p.367-374
Main Authors: Ayodeji, Sesan P, Adeyeri, Michael K, Omoniyi, Olaoluwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Engineering
Engineering Economics
Ergonomics
Facility Management
Hospital
Industrial and Production Engineering
Logistics
Marketing
Mathematical and Computational Engineering
Meal cart
Nigeria
Organization
Original Research
Quality Control
Reliability
Safety and Risk
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Summary:Hospital meal carts are used to deliver meals, drugs and some other materials to patients in the hospital environment. These carts which are moved manually by operators, the health workers, mostly do not comply with ergonomics guidelines and physical requirements of the equipment users in terms of anthropometry data of the region thus increasing the risk of musculoskeletal disorder among the meal cart users. This study carried out ergonomic evaluation of the available meal carts in some western Nigeria hospitals. A well-structured questionnaire has two major segments: Operational survey and biomechanical survey, which were administered to the health workers using hospital meal carts in some hospitals in southwestern Nigeria, and physical assessment, which was undertaken to collect data for the ergonomic evaluation. The responses from the questionnaires show that some areas on the existing hospital meal carts are of concern to the users which need to be improved upon.
ISSN:2251-712X
1735-5702
2251-712X
DOI:10.1007/s40092-015-0109-7