Development and application of a fuzzy occupational health risk assessment model in the healthcare industry.

Journal: La Medicina del lavoro
Published Date: Aug 25, 2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hazards of the workplace and their impacts on the healthcare industry affect the quality of patient care and safety and impose high costs on the healthcare industry. Occupational health in this industry requires proper identification of hazards and managing the related risks. In this study, the researchers attempted to develop an easy-to-use and high applicability occupational health risk assessment model with a fuzzy approach to evaluate risks more precisely.

Authors

  • Mohammad Hossein Chalak
    Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. mhchalak@yahoo.com.
  • Amin Kahani
    Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, kerman University of Medical Sciences, kerman, Iran. kahani.amin1362@yahoo.com.
  • Ghasem Bahramiazar
    Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. bahrami.hse@gmail.com.
  • Zohreh Marashi
    Department of Biomedical engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran. zohrehmarashi9@gmail.com.
  • Tsvetan Ivanov Popov
    College of Health Science and Technology, School of Geoscience, Physics, and Safety, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, United States. tpopov@ucmo.edu.
  • Sakineh Dadipoor
    Tobacco and Health research center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas , Iran. mdadipoor@yahoo.com.
  • Omran Ahmadi
    Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Faculty of Medical sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. o.ahmadi@modares.ac.ir.

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