Track: Human Factors and Ergonomics

Abstract

The increased use of syringes by health workers worries health workers because they can cause musculoskeletal disorders due to work. Hospitals, health centers, laboratories often use syringes to administer drugs to patients, make formulas or for drawing blood. The increased use of syringes by health workers motivated this research to develop and test a prototype of a syringe adapter. The aim of this research is that the prototype of a syringe adapter with usability testing can make it easier for health workers to use syringes, can minimize fatigue and muscle tension that occurs from conventional syringes, so as to minimize musculoskeletal disorders due to repeated use of syringes. Health workers play a major role in usability testing, because health workers directly test the prototype by usability testing and using an electromyogram. Usability testing was carried out on 20 nurses and midwives who frequently used syringes. The results in this study indicate that the use of the prototype muscle syringe adapter is smaller than the use of conventional syringes, so that it can significantly reduce musculoskeletal disorders in health workers.The increased use of syringes by health workers worries health workers because they can cause musculoskeletal disorders due to work. Hospitals, health centers, laboratories often use syringes to administer drugs to patients, make formulas or for drawing blood. The increased use of syringes by health workers motivated this research to develop and test a prototype of a syringe adapter. The aim of this research is that the prototype of a syringe adapter with usability testing can make it easier for health workers to use syringes, can minimize fatigue and muscle tension that occurs from conventional syringes, so as to minimize musculoskeletal disorders due to repeated use of syringes. Health workers play a major role in usability testing, because health workers directly test the prototype by usability testing and using an electromyogram. Usability testing was carried out on 20 nurses and midwives who frequently used syringes. The results in this study indicate that the use of the prototype muscle syringe adapter is smaller than the use of conventional syringes, so that it can significantly reduce musculoskeletal disorders in health workers.