Pendekatan Macro Ergonomic Analysis and Design terhadap Lingkungan Kerja Unit Laundry Rumah Sakit

Abstract

The work environment in a hospital laundry unit is a work environment that is vulnerable to occupational hazard risks. In this study, observing the work environment in the laundry unit of USU Hospital aims to optimize the work environment in order to reduce the risk of occupational hazards including exposure to blood linen and surgical instruments, awkward work postures (awkward posture), and hearing loss that occurs in the laundry unit of USU Hospital so that the environment becomes more comfortable, and ensures the health and safety of the working staff. Based on these problems, a macro ergonomics approach is used called Macro Ergonomic Analysis and Design (MEAD). Observations were made by identifying work hazards using the Hazard and Operability Study worksheet to assess the level of hazard risk in the laundry unit of USU Hospital at a high level in the linen collection, weighing and washing sections, as well as in the drying section. Factors causing this work hazard are the condition of the work environment that lacks lighting, leaders who do not supervise the implementation of work according to SOP, heavy and uneven workloads, machines that are damaged, and work environments that have the potential to be exposed to bacterial infections and contamination from infectious linen. . Improvements made based on the highest score of alternative assessment weight criteria, namely by replacing lights and adding natural lighting, making infectious and non-infectious linen flow in one direction, making fixed work shifts along with laundry staff job desks, making SOP visual displays in each work station area and making laundry unit of USU Hospital machine maintenance schedule