Implementation of the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) Method in Determining Staff Requirements in Public Health Laboratories in Serbia
| Autor: | Milena M Santric Milicevic, Marina Mandić Miladinović, Katica Tripković, Vesna Bjegovic Mikanovic, Dejana Vukovic, Lazo Kovačević |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
030503 health policy & services Public health Professional development Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Staffing Workload Working time World health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Workforce medicine Humans Operations management Public Health 030212 general & internal medicine Business Laboratories 0305 other medical science Serbia Competence (human resources) |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 16:71-79 |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| Popis: | Objectives:This study aimed at identifying the needs for the health workforce in 16 public health laboratories in the Serbian capital by assessing the workforce stock, workload activities, activity standards, and workload pressure.Methods:A review of laboratory records and regulations, interviews with key respondents, and observing work processes provided data for the World Health Organization method for determining staffing needs based on workload indicators (Workload Indicators of Staffing Need, WISN).Results:A total of 99 laboratory workers spend almost 70% of their available working time in undertaking core activities. Core activities per sample can take from 0.25 to 180 min. Laboratory workers are under moderate or high workload pressure (the WISN ratio from 0.86 to 0.50). The WISN difference indicates a shortage of 22.22% of laboratory analysts and 20.63% of laboratory technicians. To balance the staffing to workload, these laboratories need an additional 8 FTE analysts and 13 FTE technicians. They could also consider selectively reducing workload pressure by automating some of the additional activities while maintaining the competence of laboratory workers and opportunities for professional development.Conclusions:Staffing policy should account for work processes, activity standards, and workload pressure to determine necessary staffing to meet the need for laboratory services in the local context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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