European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Laura López Forés, Lucie Lechardoy, Cristiano Codagnone, Lode Godderis, Anke Boone
Automation of cognitive and physical tasks in the health and social care sector: implications for safety and health
Literature Review
Table of Contents
1 Introduction and objectives
2 Methodological approach
3 Definition of the sector and the technologies under study
3.1 The HeSCare sector
3.2 OSH in the HeSCare sector
3.3 Technologies and their applications
4 State of play of automation of tasks in the HeSCare sector
4.1 Automation of physical tasks
4.1.1 Person-related tasks
4.1.2 Object-related tasks
4.2 Automation of cognitive tasks
4.2.1 Person-related tasks
4.2.2 Information-related tasks
5 OSH implications in the automation of tasks
5.1 Physical implications
5.1.1 MSK and physical risks
5.1.2 Exposure to biological and chemical risks
5.2 Psychosocial implications
5.2.1 Workload
5.2.2 Mental workload
5.2.3 Trust
5.2.4 Skills
5.2.5 Human interaction
5.3 Organisational implications
6 Relevant automated and automatable tasks in the HeSCare sector
6.1 Automation of physical tasks
6.2 Automation of cognitive tasks
6.3 Good practice examples
6.3.1 Tissue manipulation during surgery interventions
6.3.2 Lifting and moving patients
6.3.3 Transport of sterile instruments
6.3.4 Triage of patients
6.3.5 Medical reporting (digital scribes)
7 Conclusions: what have we learnt?
8 References
fonte: osha.europa.eu
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