Development of sling management solutions within patient hygiene care
(2024) TNSM01 20241Certec - Rehabilitation Engineering and Design
- Abstract
- Patient lifts and passive lifting slings are used when a person is unable to move. Typical patient transfers are from a bed or a wheelchair to a hygiene chair to use a toilet or shower. The patient lift is controlled by healthcare professionals, often assistant nurses, and the transfers are complex and a high-risk task within clinical care. Patient lifting slings often have long straps that attach to a lift. When the straps detach, assistant nurses need to find a solution for how to manage the sling.
To understand the contexts of sling management and find suitable solutions for the medical technology company Arjo to develop, a design thinking process based on a user-centered approach has been deployed. Various methods, such as... (More) - Patient lifts and passive lifting slings are used when a person is unable to move. Typical patient transfers are from a bed or a wheelchair to a hygiene chair to use a toilet or shower. The patient lift is controlled by healthcare professionals, often assistant nurses, and the transfers are complex and a high-risk task within clinical care. Patient lifting slings often have long straps that attach to a lift. When the straps detach, assistant nurses need to find a solution for how to manage the sling.
To understand the contexts of sling management and find suitable solutions for the medical technology company Arjo to develop, a design thinking process based on a user-centered approach has been deployed. Various methods, such as interviews and observations, thematic analysis, prototyping and user testing have been used throughout the process. Iterations through the design thinking stages have been numerous and characterized the process.
Currently, no hygiene chairs accommodate for sling management. Improvised solutions are various. The concepts Hook, Integrated hook with handle functionality, Handle hooks and Clip sling attachment points have been developed, addressing the needs to store the straps and reduce sling adjustments. Evaluations of the concepts show great potential for the implementation of the solutions onto hygiene chairs. Integrating a dedicated solution for sling management would improve the work environment for assistant nurses in many aspects, such as safety, time and mental effort, as well as the patient dignity. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Patientlyftar och passiva lyftselar används när en person inte kan förflytta sig. Typiska förflyttningar sker från en säng eller rullstol till en hygienstol för att använda toalett eller dusch. Patientlyften styrs av vårdpersonal, ofta undersköterskor, och förflyttningarna är komplexa och en högriskuppgift inom vård och omsorg. Lyftselar har ofta långa remmar som fästs vid en lyft. När remmarna lossas måste undersköterskor hitta en lösning för hur selen ska hanteras.
För att förstå sammanhangen för selhantering och hitta lämpliga lösningar för medicinteknikföretaget Arjo att utveckla, har en design thinking-process baserad på användarcentrerad metodik använts. Olika metoder, såsom intervjuer och observationer, thematic analysis,... (More) - Patientlyftar och passiva lyftselar används när en person inte kan förflytta sig. Typiska förflyttningar sker från en säng eller rullstol till en hygienstol för att använda toalett eller dusch. Patientlyften styrs av vårdpersonal, ofta undersköterskor, och förflyttningarna är komplexa och en högriskuppgift inom vård och omsorg. Lyftselar har ofta långa remmar som fästs vid en lyft. När remmarna lossas måste undersköterskor hitta en lösning för hur selen ska hanteras.
För att förstå sammanhangen för selhantering och hitta lämpliga lösningar för medicinteknikföretaget Arjo att utveckla, har en design thinking-process baserad på användarcentrerad metodik använts. Olika metoder, såsom intervjuer och observationer, thematic analysis, prototypframtagning och användartester har använts under hela processen. Iterationerna genom design thinking-stegen har varit många och karaktäriserat processen.
I nuläget är inga hygienstolar anpassade för selhantering. Det finns istället flertalet improviserade lösningar. Koncepten Hook, Integrated hook with handle functionality, Handle hooks och Clip sling attachment points har utvecklats för att möta behoven av att förvara remmarna och minska antalet justeringar av selen. Utvärderingar av koncepten visar stor potential för implementering av lösningarna på hygienstolar. Att integrera en dedikerad lösning för selhantering skulle förbättra arbetsmiljön för undersköterskor ur flera perspektiv, såsom säkerhet, tid och mental ansträngning, samt patientens värdighet. (Less)
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- author
- Halling, Klara LU and Berglind, Tilda LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Utveckling av lösningar för selhantering inom patienthygien
- course
- TNSM01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Patient lifting sling, sling management, hygiene chair, patient transfer
- language
- English
- id
- 9168238
- date added to LUP
- 2024-07-22 08:28:51
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- 2024-07-22 08:28:51
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abstract = {{Patient lifts and passive lifting slings are used when a person is unable to move. Typical patient transfers are from a bed or a wheelchair to a hygiene chair to use a toilet or shower. The patient lift is controlled by healthcare professionals, often assistant nurses, and the transfers are complex and a high-risk task within clinical care. Patient lifting slings often have long straps that attach to a lift. When the straps detach, assistant nurses need to find a solution for how to manage the sling.
To understand the contexts of sling management and find suitable solutions for the medical technology company Arjo to develop, a design thinking process based on a user-centered approach has been deployed. Various methods, such as interviews and observations, thematic analysis, prototyping and user testing have been used throughout the process. Iterations through the design thinking stages have been numerous and characterized the process.
Currently, no hygiene chairs accommodate for sling management. Improvised solutions are various. The concepts Hook, Integrated hook with handle functionality, Handle hooks and Clip sling attachment points have been developed, addressing the needs to store the straps and reduce sling adjustments. Evaluations of the concepts show great potential for the implementation of the solutions onto hygiene chairs. Integrating a dedicated solution for sling management would improve the work environment for assistant nurses in many aspects, such as safety, time and mental effort, as well as the patient dignity.}},
author = {{Halling, Klara and Berglind, Tilda}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Development of sling management solutions within patient hygiene care}},
year = {{2024}},
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