Response to
Musculo-skeletal
Disorders (MSDs) in
an aged care setting
, According to the Safe work Australia (2018),
musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are one
of the most common injuries related to work accounting
for 29% of work-related
injuries in NSW.
MSD refers to an injury or a disease caused from either
gradual wear and tear or sudden damage of muscles,
ligaments, tendons and joints leading to sprains and
strains of these body parts. It does not include to any
injuries caused by crashing,
cutting or entrapment.
Coman, Caponecchia, & McIntosh (2018) stated that
Introduction Globally, health care workers including aged care staffs
are known to have the highest incidence of
musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). The principal factors
that contribute are manual handling activities including
assisting residents to ambulate, transfer from/to
furniture, and perform other daily activities. The rapid
increase in the number of elderly people with immobility
has resulted in growing need of residential aged care
facilities, putting aged care nurses more at the risk of
MSD (p. 372).
, Australian Bureau of Statistics, (2018)
Musculo-skeletal
Disorders (MSDs) in
an aged care setting
, According to the Safe work Australia (2018),
musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are one
of the most common injuries related to work accounting
for 29% of work-related
injuries in NSW.
MSD refers to an injury or a disease caused from either
gradual wear and tear or sudden damage of muscles,
ligaments, tendons and joints leading to sprains and
strains of these body parts. It does not include to any
injuries caused by crashing,
cutting or entrapment.
Coman, Caponecchia, & McIntosh (2018) stated that
Introduction Globally, health care workers including aged care staffs
are known to have the highest incidence of
musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). The principal factors
that contribute are manual handling activities including
assisting residents to ambulate, transfer from/to
furniture, and perform other daily activities. The rapid
increase in the number of elderly people with immobility
has resulted in growing need of residential aged care
facilities, putting aged care nurses more at the risk of
MSD (p. 372).
, Australian Bureau of Statistics, (2018)
