Seasons retirement homes is experiencing an increase in injury due to the recent changes in workflow with the medication cart.  Pre-Covid, the cart remained stationary and the residents would come to the nursing station to receive their medications.  During Covid we adapted our service process to a mobile service where the team brings the medication to the residents who are in their suites. 

Our organization is interested in having Ergonomic students assess the new process. We would like students to develop a feedback survey for the nurses to identify area for improvement in the new process. The new cart (provided by CareRX) will be available on site at Fanshawe College until mid October for evaluation.

We envision this project to include, but not be limited to:

• Develop survey of questions on user feedback to the cart design and new process
• Document working conditions & task descriptions through online meeting and discussion with staff at multiple locations. Collecting info about floor surfaces, weights and task durations.
• Ergonomic Evaluation of Physical cart – to help develop survey and provide ergonomic recommendations to the new process.
• Analyze the data and provide recommendations to improve both the delivery process and Cart.