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OP-Journal 2024; 40(01): 22-33
DOI: 10.1055/a-2280-1676
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Arbeitsplatz OP-Saal – Was muss der Chirurg über die Arbeitsmedizin wissen? Ein Update

Working in the Operating Theatre – What does the Surgeon Need to Know About Occupational Medicine? An Update
Sabine Darius
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Franziska Heinemann
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Frank Meyer
,
Irina Boeckelmann
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In der Chirurgie gibt es zahlreiche Gesundheitsgefährdungen für das Personal. Ziel des Artikels ist, die Risiken für die Gesundheit und die Arbeitsfähigkeit des chirurgischen Personals und die Möglichkeiten für die Verbesserung des Arbeitsschutzes im Sinne der Verhaltens- und Verhältnisprävention vor allem im Hinblick auf die Zusammenarbeit mit dem Betriebsarzt am Beispiel des Arbeitsplatzes OP-Saal aufzuzeigen. Insbesondere richtet sich dieser Artikel an das OP-Personal, das für die Gefährdungen im OP und die Präventionsmöglichkeiten sensibilisiert werden soll. Die narrative Kurzübersicht basiert auf eigenen arbeitsmedizinischen, chirurgischen und interdisziplinären Erfahrungen aus der täglichen Praxis und selektiven Referenzen der aktuellen medizinisch-wissenschaftlichen Literatur. Die mögliche tätigkeitsbedingte Gesundheitsgefährdung und die Risiken für die Arbeitsfähigkeit des medizinischen Personals sowie die Möglichkeiten für den Arbeitsschutz im Sinne der Verhaltens- und Verhältnisprävention sind eine bedeutsame, nicht zu unterschätzende (da teils auch gesetzlich vorgeschriebene) Angelegenheit im interdisziplinären Status der Chirurgie. Vor allem den Berührungspunkten zur Arbeitsmedizin muss sich diese Disziplin (neben eigenem Kenntniserwerb von chirurgischer Seite) verantwortungsvoll widmen.

Abstract

Surgery is associated with numerous health hazards for the staff.

The aim of this article is to show the risks to the health and ability to work of surgical staff and the possibilities for improving occupational health and safety in terms of behavioural and situational prevention, as well as secondary and tertiary prevention, especially with regard to cooperation with the occupational physician.

The brief narrative overview is based on the author’s own occupational medicine, surgery and interdisciplinary experience from daily practice and selective references from the current medical-scientific literature, using the example of the operating theatre work area.

The possible activity-related health hazards and the risks to the working ability of medical staff as well as the possibilities for occupational health and safety in the sense of behavioural and situational prevention are an important matter in the interdisciplinary status of surgery that should not be underestimated (since it is also partly determined by law). Above all, this discipline must responsibly dedicate itself to the points of contact with occupational medicine (in addition to acquiring its own knowledge from the surgical side).

Surgery is associated with numerous health hazards for the staff.

The aim of this article is to show the risks to the health and ability to work of surgical staff and the possibilities for improving occupational health and safety in terms of behavioural and situational prevention, as well as secondary and tertiary prevention, especially with regard to cooperation with the occupational physician.

The brief narrative overview is based on the author’s own occupational medicine, surgery and interdisciplinary experience from daily practice and selective references from the current medical-scientific literature, using the example of the operating theatre work area.

The possible activity-related health hazards and the risks to the working ability of medical staff as well as the possibilities for occupational health and safety in the sense of behavioural and situational prevention are an important matter in the interdisciplinary status of surgery that should not be underestimated (since it is also partly determined by law). Above all, this discipline must responsibly dedicate itself to the points of contact with occupational medicine (in addition to acquiring its own knowledge from the surgical side).

Schlüsselwörter

Schichtarbeit - Mutterschutz - Arbeitsschutz - Betriebsarzt - physische Belastung - psychische Belastung

Keywords

shift work - maternity protection - occupational safety - company doctor - physical stress - mental stress


Publication History

Article published online:
10 April 2024

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