4. Ergonomics in Operating Room Design

Autor: Erica Sutton, Adrian E. Park
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: The SAGES Manual ISBN: 9781461423430
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2344-7_4
Popis: This chapter reviews mechanical and cognitive ergonomics as human factors concepts, discusses the background work in other fields that has guided the development of surgical ergonomics, and presents the research on surgical workflow. Principles that should be used in undertaking mechanical and cognitive ergonomic research in the surgical arena and those that should be used to inform the design of ergonomically safe operating rooms in the future are elaborated.
Databáze: OpenAIRE