Ergonomic working standards for personnel engaged in the preparation, scanning and reporting of cervical screening slides
Published September 2003 | ISBN 1 84 4630 03 X | (Previously referenced as MDA 02104)
A national survey of working conditions in cytology laboratories undertaking the reporting of cervical screening slides found that problems of muscular discomfort, lack of posture training, unsatisfactory equipment, furniture and working environment were common.
Following this, with help from a team from the Applied Vision Research Unit of the University of Derby, a working party of cytopathologists and biomedical scientists expert in the management of personnel engaged in the preparation, scanning and reporting of cervical slides drew up ergonomic working standards.
The original version of the report "Minimum Ergonomic Standards for Personnel Engaged in the Preparation Scanning and Reporting of Cervical Screening Slides MDA/97/31" and the "Guidance Addendum MDA/97/31S" has now been superseded by this revised version , previously referenced as MDA 02104, prepared by a working party of the NHSCSP Laboratory Managers QA Group.
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