Limited Health Risks in Performing Drug Reconstitution and Handling Tasks in Pharmacies—Results of an Occupational Risk Assessment Study
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DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002781
Abstract: This paper presents the first multi-center study using a risk based approach into occupational exposure of pharmacy personnel during routing drug handling tasks. The mitigating ventilation strategies to reduce exposure can be implemented easily in… read more here.
Keywords: handling tasks; reconstitution; risk; study ... See more keywords
Motion-Based Prediction of Hands and Feet Contact Efforts During Asymmetric Handling Tasks
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DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2019.2913308
Abstract: This paper proposes a method to predict the external efforts exerted on a subject during handling tasks, only with a measure of his motion. These efforts are the contacts forces and moments on the ground… read more here.
Keywords: prediction hands; motion based; asymmetric handling; based prediction ... See more keywords
Effects of workers' Body Mass Index and task conditions on exertion psychophysics during Vertical Handling Tasks.
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DOI: 10.3233/wor-192923
Abstract: BACKGROUND Obesity prevalence in the workforce is clearly increasing. Simultaneously, manual lifting/lowering loads, referred to as Vertical Handling Tasks (VHT) in this paper, are common in industries and services. Performing VHT exposes workers to physical… read more here.
Keywords: psychophysics; task conditions; workers body; vertical handling ... See more keywords