PMID- 36004476
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230721
LR  - 20230721
IS  - 2376-9130 (Electronic)
IS  - 1080-3548 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 3
DP  - 2023 Sep
TI  - Occupational health and safety risk assessment using a fuzzy multi-criteria 
      approach in a hospital in Chennai, India.
PG  - 1047-1056
LID - 10.1080/10803548.2022.2109323 [doi]
AB  - Objectives. Hospitals provide direct and indirect employment benefits to medical 
      professionals. Accidents in hospitals often lead to disastrous consequences such 
      as fatalities, property damage and economic losses. It is, therefore, imperative 
      to have an occupational health and safety (OHS) policy that aims to reduce 
      work-related accidents to acceptable levels. This study aims to investigate 
      health risks to staff from various hazards and suggest control measures to 
      prevent recurrence of accidents. Methods. A two-stage fuzzy multi-criteria 
      decision-making (MCDM) approach incorporating the fuzzy analytical hierarchical 
      process (FAHP) and fuzzy technique for order preference for similarity to ideal 
      solution (TOPSIS) was applied to assess the hazards in a leading multi-speciality 
      hospital in Chennai. Results. The top three hazards identified in the workplace 
      were electrical hazards, faulty medical equipment, and ventilation and air 
      conditioning hazards. Subsequently, control measures were suggested to reduce the 
      recurrence of hazards. Finally, a survey of hospital accidents occurring in India 
      between 2010 and 2020 was conducted and compared with the results of this study. 
      Conclusions. The survey findings show similarity to the hazard rankings obtained 
      in this work, thus validating the methodology used for the assessment of hazards 
      in hospitals. Electrical hazards and faulty medical equipment should be 
      monitored.
FAU - Badida, Pavanaditya
AU  - Badida P
AD  - Department of Applied Science and Technology, Anna University, India.
FAU - Janakiraman, Selvan
AU  - Janakiraman S
AD  - Department of Applied Science and Technology, Anna University, India.
FAU - Jayaprakash, Jayapriya
AU  - Jayaprakash J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1545-645X
AD  - Department of Applied Science and Technology, Anna University, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220825
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Occup Saf Ergon
JT  - International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
JID - 9507598
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Fuzzy Logic
MH  - *Occupational Health
MH  - India
MH  - Risk Assessment/methods
MH  - Hospitals
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - fuzzy TOPSIS
OT  - fuzzy analytical hierarchical process
OT  - fuzzy logic
OT  - hospital safety
OT  - occupational health and safety
OT  - risk assessment and management
EDAT- 2022/08/26 06:00
MHDA- 2023/07/21 06:43
CRDT- 2022/08/25 03:33
PHST- 2023/07/21 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2022/08/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/25 03:33 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/10803548.2022.2109323 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2023 Sep;29(3):1047-1056. doi: 
      10.1080/10803548.2022.2109323. Epub 2022 Aug 25.