Journal
APPLIED ERGONOMICS
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103221
Keywords
Usability; Operating room; Design guidelines
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- Business Finland [685/31/2017]
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The paper presents a case study on the usability of operating room technologies, resulting in 21 design guidelines that emphasize interactions between devices and other contextual factors. While further validation is needed, these guidelines have the potential to support the creation of safer, ergonomic, and intuitive medical devices.
Most usability assessments of medical devices describe the problems of individual devices in detail, but few account for the real context of use or provide designers with actionable guidelines for improvement. To fill this gap, this paper reports the results of a case study on the usability of operating room technologies and documents the creation of contextual design guidelines for operating room device design. We spent 64 h in a gynecological operating unit conducting interviews with staff and observing device use during surgery. With qualitative analysis methods and based on existing usability principles, we created 21 design guidelines for the operating room context. The new guidelines highlight interactions between multiple devices, staff members, as well as other contextual factors. While the guidelines require further validation, they can potentially support the creation of more safe, ergonomic, and intuitive medical devices.
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