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Sonographers worldwide face debilitating injuries -- Clinical site evaluations prove effective way to change behavior and reduce injury risk
2007
Overview
\"This is a worldwide problem for all those using ultrasound diagnostically,\" said Joan R. Baker, founder of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography and president of Sound Ergonomics in Kenmore, WA. \"The pressure to push more patients through encourages sonographers to take shortcuts, such as not adjusting the table or chair to the right height, not adjusting the monitor and control panel, or not having the patient move closer to the sonographer to avoid overreaching.\" When George retired a couple of years ago, he was managing a large private radiology group in Adelaide, Australia, with about 50 sonographers and 80 radiographers. Their group provided radiologists and sonographers to the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth games. In an e-mail to Diagnostic Imaging, he recalled sonographers who had work-related injuries requiring surgery to shoulders, elbows, and wrists. Many had to reduce their workload or stop scanning altogether. One staff member, an excellent softball pitcher, couldn't play the game anymore following a shoulder injury from scanning and subsequent surgery. In 2003, Baker chaired a consensus conference to develop industry standards aimed at reducing work-related musculoskeletal disorders in sonography. Participants came from the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and Australia and included equipment manufacturers. Work done at this conference has led to a guidance document, Prevention of work related musculoskeletal disorders in sonography, recently released by the Society of Radiographers in the U.K.
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MultiMedia Healthcare Inc
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