EVALUATING THE USE OF CEILING LIFTS IN THE OPERATING ROOM

摘要

Leah Thomas-Olson, BKin, works with both the Ergonomics Team and the Workplace Health Research & Evaluation team at Fraser Health. She has experience working on the development of the "Safe Client Handling" program and assisting in a wide range of research projects within the occupational health and safety programs offered by Fraser Health. Leah enjoys the complexity of healthcare ergonomics and collaborating with direct care staff to foster a culture of safety. Leah did the literature review that informed the survey created for this project, as well as assisted in the survey creation. She also assisted with recruiting staff for study participation, did the data analysis and wrote a final report to provide to the leadership of the participating OR.