Title :
Wearable sensors for auto-event-recording on medical nursing - user study of ergonomic design
Author :
Noma, Haruo ; Ohmura, Aki ; Kuwahara, Noriaki ; Kogure, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
ATR Inteligent Robotics & Commun. Labs., Kyoto, Japan
fDate :
31 Oct.-3 Nov. 2004
Abstract :
This paper proposes a method for monitoring the everyday nursing activities of medication, one part of the nurse\´s job that has been cited as a major cause of medical accidents. In our proposal, which we call the "E-Nightingale projects a wearable sensor can monitor the workflow of such activities constantly without impeding them. This paper describes our series of wearable sensor development and the results of a questionnaire on their ergonomics.
Keywords :
ergonomics; medical computing; patient monitoring; sensors; ubiquitous computing; wearable computers; E-Nightingale project; auto-event-recording; ergonomics; medical accident; medical nursing; monitoring; wearable sensor; Ergonomics; Medical services; Wearable computers; Wearable sensors; e hospital; ergonomics; medical nursing; ubiquitous; wearable computer;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 2004. ISWC 2004. Eighth International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2186-X
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.2004.48
