The Modular Hygiene Station
(2023) MMKM10 20222Innovation
- Abstract
- Disposable hygiene products, such as gloves and aprons, are commonly and frequently used in healthcare environments and are essential to maintain the hygiene standard. They are placed in different types of carriers, primarily in examination rooms and are mounted on the walls. This creates some difficulties for product development and fast access because not all hygiene products fit all carriers and there is a dependency on the different installed infrastructure in every room.
In this thesis, a modular and user-friendly hygiene station is designed and developed to fulfill the needs in a healthcare environment. The aim of the product is to minimize the dependency on installed infrastructure by allowing the users to quickly and... (More) - Disposable hygiene products, such as gloves and aprons, are commonly and frequently used in healthcare environments and are essential to maintain the hygiene standard. They are placed in different types of carriers, primarily in examination rooms and are mounted on the walls. This creates some difficulties for product development and fast access because not all hygiene products fit all carriers and there is a dependency on the different installed infrastructure in every room.
In this thesis, a modular and user-friendly hygiene station is designed and developed to fulfill the needs in a healthcare environment. The aim of the product is to minimize the dependency on installed infrastructure by allowing the users to quickly and effortlessly adjust the hygiene station to facilitate all the needed hygiene products and carriers.
The design process follows the Double Diamond Methodology and majority of the data was acquired through interviews with professionals and experts, observations and field studies. This was done partly because of the limited information available about the specified hygiene products and partly due to the focus on the user experience.
The result of this thesis is a modular system that allows the majority of carriers to be attached interchangeably with minimal effort. A physical prototype is provided to showcase the technical principle of the hygiene station and illustrations created with the product in a healthcare environment. (Less) - Popular Abstract
- In this thesis, a modular and user-friendly hygiene station is designed and developed to fulfill the needs of fast and easy access of hygiene products in a healthcare environment. The aim of the modular system is to minimize the dependency on installed infrastructure by allowing the healthcare personnel to quickly and effortlessly adjust the hygiene station to hold all the needed hygiene products and carriers.
Disposable hygiene products, such as gloves and aprons, are commonly and frequently used in healthcare environments and are essential to maintain the hygiene standard. They are placed in different types of carriers, primarily in examination rooms and are mounted on the walls. This creates some difficulties for product development... (More) - In this thesis, a modular and user-friendly hygiene station is designed and developed to fulfill the needs of fast and easy access of hygiene products in a healthcare environment. The aim of the modular system is to minimize the dependency on installed infrastructure by allowing the healthcare personnel to quickly and effortlessly adjust the hygiene station to hold all the needed hygiene products and carriers.
Disposable hygiene products, such as gloves and aprons, are commonly and frequently used in healthcare environments and are essential to maintain the hygiene standard. They are placed in different types of carriers, primarily in examination rooms and are mounted on the walls. This creates some difficulties for product development and fast access because not all hygiene products fit all carriers and there is a dependency on the different installed infrastructure in every room.
The aim of this thesis was therefore to develop a new concept of a modular hygiene station in order to fulfill the needs of fast and easy access in a healthcare environment. The objective was to minimize the dependency on installed infrastructure by allowing the healthcare workers to quickly and effortlessly adjust the hygiene station to hold all the needed hygiene products and carriers.
The design process followed the Double Diamond Methodology and majority of the data was acquired through interviews with healthcare professionals and experts as well as observations and field studies. This was done partly because of the limited information available about the specified hygiene products and carriers, and partly due to the focus on the user experience. Rapid prototyping was employed where concepts were continuously tested by 3D printing throughout the development phase to ensure that the design would be practical and pleasant to use.
The result of this thesis is a wall-mounted modular system that allows the majority of hygiene product carriers to be attached interchangeably and with minimal effort. The system consists of identical modules that can be attached together through a reversible snap fit mechanism in order to form a larger structure. The number of modules used in a given hygiene station depends on the needs, such as available space on the walls and types of carriers used, which allows for greater flexibility. These carriers can also easily be changed if for example new carriers are procured or the hygiene needs change in an examination room. This eliminates the time consuming and costly process of disassembling current carriers and assembling the new ones in every room in numerous facilities. Therefore, this new modular system gives healthcare workers more independency by allowing them to easily adjust the hygiene station to their needs. The system is also designed to blend into the environment and be easy to clean as well as occupy minimal space in usage. A physical prototype was provided to showcase the technical principle of the modular concept and illustrations were created with the product in a healthcare environment to better visualize the concept. (Less)
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- author
- Al Aaradji, Ali LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MMKM10 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Healthcare, Product Development, Hygiene Products, User Experience Design (UXD), Modular Design
- language
- English
- id
- 9113067
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-14 12:16:11
- date last changed
- 2023-06-14 12:16:11
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In this thesis, a modular and user-friendly hygiene station is designed and developed to fulfill the needs in a healthcare environment. The aim of the product is to minimize the dependency on installed infrastructure by allowing the users to quickly and effortlessly adjust the hygiene station to facilitate all the needed hygiene products and carriers.
The design process follows the Double Diamond Methodology and majority of the data was acquired through interviews with professionals and experts, observations and field studies. This was done partly because of the limited information available about the specified hygiene products and partly due to the focus on the user experience.
The result of this thesis is a modular system that allows the majority of carriers to be attached interchangeably with minimal effort. A physical prototype is provided to showcase the technical principle of the hygiene station and illustrations created with the product in a healthcare environment.}},
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