KRAIBURG TPE offers its THERMOLAST® M and THERMOLAST® K
TPE compound solutions for improved ergonomics design advantages,
to prevent injuries and safety hazards in healthcare equipment.
Ergonomic stressors, or the work needed to perform the tasks, are
undoubtedly significantly impacting the productivity and well-being of
healthcare workers.
In a medical setting, healthcare workers are susceptible to ergonomic
hazards. This involves from handling patients such as moving and
transferring them about that may require bending, lifting, or a sudden force,
to manual operation of medical equipment and furniture. Thus, maintaining a
static posture (sitting or standing for an extended time), and other such
awkward postures and repetitive or monotonous motions may result in
musculoskeletal disorders or MSDs.
There are ways to prevent MSDs, including adequate breaks or rest
recovery periods, positioning strategies when lifting or bending, use of assist
devices, and generally adapting the physiological demand of a task to suit a
worker’s capacity.
In addition, ensuring that the equipment in use is ergonomically designed is
also important to meet user capabilities and promote good work practices to
prevent work-related risks.
For this purpose, new high-performance materials such as thermoplastics
elastomers (TPEs) are widely used in the manufacture of healthcare devices
and equipment to improve the ergonomics.
KRAIBURG TPE offers its THERMOLAST® M and THERMOLAST® K
TPE compound solutions for improved ergonomics design advantages,
to prevent injuries and safety hazards in healthcare equipment.
Ergonomic stressors, or the work needed to perform the tasks, are
undoubtedly significantly impacting the productivity and well-being of
healthcare workers.
In a medical setting, healthcare workers are susceptible to ergonomic
hazards. This involves from handling patients such as moving and
transferring them about that may require bending, lifting, or a sudden force,
to manual operation of medical equipment and furniture. Thus, maintaining a
static posture (sitting or standing for an extended time), and other such
awkward postures and repetitive or monotonous motions may result in
musculoskeletal disorders or MSDs.
There are ways to prevent MSDs, including adequate breaks or rest
recovery periods, positioning strategies when lifting or bending, use of assist
devices, and generally adapting the physiological demand of a task to suit a
worker’s capacity.
In addition, ensuring that the equipment in use is ergonomically designed is
also important to meet user capabilities and promote good work practices to
prevent work-related risks.
For this purpose, new high-performance materials such as thermoplastics
elastomers (TPEs) are widely used in the manufacture of healthcare devices
and equipment to improve the ergonomics.
KRAIBURG TPE offers its THERMOLAST® M and THERMOLAST® K
TPE compound solutions for improved ergonomics design advantages,
to prevent injuries and safety hazards in healthcare equipment.
Ergonomic stressors, or the work needed to perform the tasks, are
undoubtedly significantly impacting the productivity and well-being of
healthcare workers.
In a medical setting, healthcare workers are susceptible to ergonomic
hazards. This involves from handling patients such as moving and
transferring them about that may require bending, lifting, or a sudden force,
to manual operation of medical equipment and furniture. Thus, maintaining a
static posture (sitting or standing for an extended time), and other such
awkward postures and repetitive or monotonous motions may result in
musculoskeletal disorders or MSDs.
There are ways to prevent MSDs, including adequate breaks or rest
recovery periods, positioning strategies when lifting or bending, use of assist
devices, and generally adapting the physiological demand of a task to suit a
worker’s capacity.
In addition, ensuring that the equipment in use is ergonomically designed is
also important to meet user capabilities and promote good work practices to
prevent work-related risks.
For this purpose, new high-performance materials such as thermoplastics
elastomers (TPEs) are widely used in the manufacture of healthcare devices
and equipment to improve the ergonomics.
