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Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo
On-line version ISSN 1989-7790Print version ISSN 0465-546X
Abstract
BERTOLDI, Clarissa Medeiros da Luz; PROENCA, Rossana Pacheco da Costa; GALEGO, Gilberto do Nascimento and COSTA, Soraya Pacheco da. Condiciones de trabajo en la producción de comidas como factores de riesgo para la enfermedad venosa de miembros inferiores. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2007, vol.53, n.206, pp.25-32. ISSN 1989-7790.
The present study evaluates which factors may influence the appearance or severity of lower limb venous disease on workers of a Unit of Food Service. A qualitative research, in the form of a case study, was carried out at a hospital Unit of Food Service located in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The followed methodology was the Ergonomic Analysis of Work. As for data collection, the following were used: interviews and Body Mass Index (BMI) assessment; specific clinical examination, water displacement volumetry of the lower extremities, in addition, on site direct and armed observations of daily tasks were carried out using photo cameras, pedometer, digital stopwatch and thermo-hygrometer. The presence of different degrees of venous disease in 78% of the cases was observed, with an average variation for volumetry of 5,13%. It was found as risk factors: standing activities at work during a long period of time, the elevated temperature and humidity, the inadequate weight carrying and the operators´ overweight.
Keywords : food service; production of meals; hospital feeding; chronic venous insufficiency; ergonomics; Ergonomic Work Analysis.