2010

1. Gorman E, Yu S, Alamgir H. When healthcare workers get sick: exploring sickness absenteeism in British Columbia, Canada. ork. 2010 Jan;35(2):117-23.
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2. Ngan K, Drebit S, Siow S, Yu S, Keen D, Alamgir H. Occup Med (Lond). 2010 May 16. Risks and causes of musculoskeletal injuries among health care workers.
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3. Drebit S, Ngan K, Hay M, Alamgir H. Health Policy. 2010 Jun;96(1):28-35. Trends and costs of overtime among nurses in Canada.
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4. Sharla Drebit, Salomeh Shajari, Hasanat Alamgir, Shicheng Yu and Dave Keen Ergonomics. Vol. 53, No. 4, April 2010, 525–536 Occupational and Environmental Risk Factors for Falls Among Workers in the Healthcare Sector.
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2009

1. Alamgir H, Li OW, Gorman E, Fast C, Yu S, Kidd C. Evaluation of ceiling lifts in health care settings: patient outcome and perceptions. AAOHN J. 2009 Sep;57(9):374-80. doi: 10.3928/08910162-20090826-06.
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2. Alamgir H., Yu S., Drebit S., Fast C. and Kidd C. Are female healthcare workers at higher risk of occupational injury? Occupational Medicine Advance Access published online on March 13, 2009. Occupational Medicine, doi:10.1093/occmed/kqp011
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3. Back C, Tam H, Lee E, Haraldsson B. The effects of an employer-provided relaxation modality on job satisfaction, workplace stress, and pain and discomfort. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23 (1), January 2009.
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2008

1. Gorman E, Yu Shicheng, Alamgir H. When healthcare workers get sick: Exploring sickness absenteeism in British Columbia, Canada. Dec, 2008.
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2. Alamgir H, Cvitkovich Y, Yu S, Astrakianakis G, Yassi A. Needlestick and other potential blood and body fluid (BBF) exposures among health care workers in British Columbia, Canada. (2008) Am J of Infection Control. Feb; 36 (1): 12-21.
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3. Alamgir H, Yu S, Fast C, Kidd C, Yassi A, Efficiency of overhead ceiling lifts in reducing musculoskeletal injury among carers working in long-term care institutions. (2008) Injury. May; 39(5):570-7.
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4. Alamgir H, Yu S, Ngan K, Potential allergy and irritation incidents among health care workers. (2008) AAOHN J. Jul; 56(7):281-8.
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5. Alamgir H, Yu S, Chavoshi N, Ngan K, Occupational injury among full-time, part-time, and casual health care workers. (2008) Occup Med (Lond). Aug; 58(5):348-54. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
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6. Alamgir H, Yu S, Epidemiology of occupational injury among cleaners in the healthcare sector. (2008) Occup Med (Lond). Sep; 58(6):393-9.
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7. Alamgir H, Yu S, Gorman E, Ngan K, Guzman J, Near miss and minor occupational injury: Does it share a common causal pathway with major injury? (2008) Am J Ind Med. Oct 22; [Epub ahead of print].
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8. Alamgir H, Siow S, Yu S, Ngan K, Guzman J, Compensation patterns for healthcare workers in British Columbia, Canada. (2008) Occup Environ Med. Nov 18; [Epub ahead of print].
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9. Gilligan T, Alamgir H. Bridging the knowledge gap: An innovative surveillance system to monitor the health of British Columbia's healthcare workforce. (2008) Can J Public Health. Nov; 99(6):478-82.
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2007

1. Craib, K., Hackett, G., Back,C., Cvitkovich, Y., & Yassi, A. (2007). Injury Rates, Predictors of Workplace Injuries, and Results of an Intervention Program Among Community Health Workers. Public Health Nursing, 24(2), 121-131.
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2. Yassi, A., Lockhart, K., Copes, R., Kerr, M., Corbiere, M., Bryce, E., and members of the SARS study team: Danyluk, Q., Keen, D., Yu, S., Kidd, C., Fitzgerald, M., Thiessen, R., Gamage, B., Patrick, D., Bigelow, P., & Saunders, S. (2007). Determinants of Healthcare Workers' Compliance with Infection Control Procedures. Healthcare Quarterly, 10(1), 44-52.
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3. Ouellette, V., Badii, M., Lockhart, K., & Yassi, A. (2007). Worker Satisfaction with a Workplace Injury Prevention and Return-to-Work Program in a Large Canadian Hospital: The Importance of an Integrated Approach. Work, 28(2), 175-181.
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4. Alamgir, H., Cvitkovich, Y., Yu, S., & Yassi, A. (2007). Work-related injury among Direct Care occupations in British Columbia, Canada. Occup Environ Med, Nov; 64(11), 769-75.
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5. Alamgir, H., Swinkels, H., Yu, S., & Yassi, A. (2007). Occupational injury among cooks and food service workers in the healthcare sector. Am J Ind Med, 50(7), 528-35.
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2006

1. Lee, E., Haddock, M., Yu, S., Back, C., & Yassi, A. (2006). Developing and Evaluating a Nursing Bag System for Home Care Nurses Using a Participatory Ergonomics Approach. Home Healthcare Nurse, 24(9), 591-597.
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2. Miller, A., Engst, C., Tate, R.B. & Yassi, A. (2006). Evaluation of the effectiveness of portable ceiling lifts in a new long-term care facility. Applied Ergonomics, 37(3), 377-85.
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3. Kling, R., Corbière, M., Milord, R., Morrison, J.G., Craib, K., Yassi, A., Sidebottom, C., Kidd, C., Long, V., & Saunders, S. (2006). Use of a Violence Risk Assessment Tool in an Acute Care Hospital: Effectiveness in Identifying Violent Patients. AAOHN Journal, 54(11), November.
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2005

1. Engst, C., Chhokar, R., Miller, A., Tate, RB., Yassi, A. (2005). Effectiveness of overhead lifting devices in reducing the risk of injury to care staff in extended care facilities. Ergonomics, 48(2), 187-199(13).
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2. Chhokar, R., Engst, C., Miller, A., Robinson, D., Tate, R.B., Yassi, A. (2005). The three-year economic benefits to ceiling lift intervention aimed to reduce healthcare worker injuries. Applied Ergonomics, 36(2), 223-229.
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3. Gamage, B., Moore, D., Copes, R., Yassi, A., Bryce, E. (2005) Protecting health care workers from SARS and other respiratory pathogens: A review of the infection control literature. American Journal of Infection Control, 33(2), 114-121.
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4. Moore, D. M., Gilbert, M., et al. (2005). Occupational health and infection control practices related to severe acute respiratory syndrome: health care worker perceptions. AAOHN Journal, 53(6), 257-66.
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5. Moore, D., Gamage, B., et al. (2005). Protecting health care workers from SARS and other respiratory pathogens: organizational and individual factors that affect adherence to infection control guidelines. American Journal of Infection Control, 33(2), 88-96.
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6. Sandhu, J. S., K. Anderson, et al. (2005). Implementing Information Technology to Improve Workplace Health: A Web-Based Information Needs Assessment of Managers in Fraser Health, British Columbia. Healthcare Management Forum, 18(4), 6-10.
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7. Village, J., Frazer, M., et al. (2005). Electromyography as a measure of peak and cumulative workload in intermediate care and its relationship to musculoskeletal injury: an exploratory ergonomic study. Applied Ergonomics, 36(5), 609-18.
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8. Yassi, A., Ostry, A. S., et al. (2005). Joint health and safety committee education and the value of bipartite cooperation in the healthcare sector in British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Occupational Environmental Health, 11(3), 305-12.
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9. Yassi, A. & T. Hancock (2005). Patient safety--worker safety: building a culture of safety to improve healthcare worker and patient well-being. Healthcare Quarterly, (8) Special No, 32-8.
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10. Yassi, A., Moore, D., et al. (2005). Research gaps in protecting healthcare workers from SARS and other respiratory pathogens: an interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder, evidence-based approach. Journal Occupational Environmental Medicine, 47(1), 41-50.
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11. Yassi A., Moore D., Fitzgerald J.M., Bigelow P., Hon C.Y., Bryce E.; The BC Interdisciplinary Respiratory Protection Study Group. (2005). Research gaps in protecting healthcare workers from SARS and other respiratory pathogens: an interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder, evidence-based approach. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 47(1), 41-50. [ABSTRACT]


12. Yassi, A., Gilbert, M., & Y. Cvitkovich. (2005). Trends in injuries, illnesses, and policies in Canadian healthcare workplaces. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 96(5), 333-9.
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2004

1. Bigelow, P., Moore, D., Yassi, A. (2004). Assessing the health implications for healthcare workers of regulatory changes eliminating locally developed occupational exposure limits in favor of TLVs: an evidence-based bipartite approach. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 10(4), 433-444.
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2. Cohen, M., Village, J., Ostry, A.S., Ratner, P.A., Cvitkovich, Y., Yassi, A. (2004). Workload as a determinant of staff injury in intermediate care. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 10(4), 375-383.
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3. Davis, P.M., Badii, M., Yassi, A. (2004). Preventing disability from occupational musculoskeletal injuries in an urban, acute and tertiary care hospital: results from a prevention and early active return-to-work safely program. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 46(12), 1253-1262.
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4. Engst, C., Chhokar, R., Robinson, D., Earthy, A., Tate, R.B., Yassi, A. (2004). Implementation of a Scheduled Toileting Program in a Long Term Care Facility: Evaluating the Impact on Injury Risk to Caregiving Staff. AAOHN Journal, 52(10), 427-435.
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5. Engst, C., Chhokar, R., Miller, A., Yassi, A. (2004). Chapter 15: Preventing Back Injuries to Healthcare Workers in British Columbia, Canada and the Ceiling Lift Experience. In W. Charney and A. Hudson (Eds.) Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts. pp 253-264.
   
   [ABSTRACT FOR ENTIRE BOOK]
   The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently calculated nearly 60,000 musculoskeletal injuries to healthcare workers resulting from heavy lifting during attempts to move patients. Often the nurses, aides, orderlies, and attendants who suffered permanent injuries were forced out of the profession, straining an already inadequate pool of workers and wasting valuable knowledge and ability. Back Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Causes, Solutions, and Impacts presents the latest research on this topic from an epidemiological point of view. The book highlights case studies from actual injured workers, along with analysis of how this problem is being addressed around the world. This in-depth study also discusses the legal and rehabilitative obstacles to returning to work, and suggests new policies for the safe lifting and moving of patients. The editors compile recommended solutions from leading names in the field, detailing how healthcare facilities can create safe work environments to prevent disabling back injuries.


6. Yassi, A., Cohen, M., Cvitkovich, Y., Park, I., Ratner, P. A., Ostry, A. S., Village, J., Pollak, N. (2004). Factors associated with staff injuries in Intermediate Care facilities in British Columbia, Canada. Nursing Research, 53(2), 1-12.
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7. Yassi, A., Wickstrom, G.J., Palacios, M. (2004). Globalization and the health of the health care workforce. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 10(4), 355-359.
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8. Yassi, A., Tomlin, K., Sidebottom, C., Rideout, K., de Boer, H. (2004). Politics and partnerships: challenges and rewards of partnerships in workplace health research in the healthcare sector of British Columbia, Canada. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 10(4), 457-465.
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2003

1. Ostry AS, Yassi A, Ratner PA, Park I, Tate R, Kidd C. (2003). Work organization and patient care staff injuries: the impact of different care models for "alternate level of care" patients. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 44(4), 392-399.
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2. Yassi, A., Noble, M. A., Daly, P., & E. Bryce (2003). Severe acute respiratory syndrome: guidelines were drawn up collaboratively to protect healthcare workers in British Columbia. British Medical Journal, 326(7403), 1394-5.
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2002

1. Spiegel, J., Yassi, A., et al. (2002). Implementing a resident lifting system in an extended care hospital. Demonstrating cost-benefit. AAOHN Journal, 50(3), 128-34.
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2. Yassi, A., Ostry, A., Spiegel, J. (2002). Injury prevention and return to work: Breaking down the two solitudes. In T. Sullivan and J.W. Frank (eds), New views on preventing work-related disability. Taylor and Francis Books.
   
   [ABSTRACT]
   The chapter begins by outlining a concrete example from the BC healthcare sector, of a primary prevention (ergonomic) intervention that had a secondary prevention spin off as measured by reduced claim duration and decreased cost per claim. The next section of the chapter will look at the converse - how a secondary prevention effort had a primary prevention spin-off: decreasing the frequency of injuries. In both cases, the success of the intervention lay in the extent to which worker participation was promoted and senior management support was available. Data from both examples will be situated within a review that suggests that work organization and a workplace culture of worker participation and senior management support are paramount to both.


3. Yassi, A., Ostry, A.S., Spiegel, J., Walsh, G., & de Boer, H.M. (2002). A collaborative evidence-based approach to making healthcare a healthier place to work. Hospital Quarterly, 5(3), 70-77.
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4. Yassi, A., Ostry, A., Spiegel, J. (2002). Injury prevention and return to work: Breaking down the two solitudes. In T. Sullivan and J.W. Frank (eds), New views on preventing work-related disability. Taylor and Francis Books.
   
   [ABSTRACT]
   The chapter begins by outlining a concrete example from the BC healthcare sector, of a primary prevention (ergonomic) intervention that had a secondary prevention spin off as measured by reduced claim duration and decreased cost per claim. The next section of the chapter will look at the converse - how a secondary prevention effort had a primary prevention spin-off: decreasing the frequency of injuries. In both cases, the success of the intervention lay in the extent to which worker participation was promoted and senior management support was available. Data from both examples will be situated within a review that suggests that work organization and a workplace culture of worker participation and senior management support are paramount to both.

2001

1. Spiegel, J., Yassi, A., Ronald, L.A., Tait, D., Hacking, P., Colby, T. (2001). Implementing a resident lifting system in an extended care hospital: demonstrating cost benefit. AAOHN Journal, 50(3), 128-134.
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