Utilizing Key Item Method to Manage Musculoskeletal Disorders in a Hospital Workplace.

Management of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is a necessity for the modern work environment. In hospitals, these disorders have a particularly high frequency among health care workers whose work entails lifting and transporting patients as well as washing, dressing and feeding them. This paper, presents an electronic application which is based on the method of basic items (KIM - Key Item Method) in order to reduce incidents of MSDs resulting from manual transport of loads in healthcare facilities.