El. knyga: Engineering for Patient Safety: Issues in Minimally Invasive Procedures [Taylor & Francis e-book]

Aimed at designers of minimally invasive surgical equipment, this collection is based on the idea that design professionals should observe the use of equipment as it is actually being used in surgery in order to identify patient safety issues. The editors (of the Delft U. of Technology, the Netherlands) present 12 papers consider issues raised by such an approach, including evaluation of the surgical process, observation and manipulation in laparoscopic surgery, force transmission of laparoscopic graspers, safe manipulation of bowel tissue, eye-hand coordination in laparoscopy, design and evaluation of endoscope positioners, design of arthroscopic instruments, virtual colonoscopy, steering of catheters, sensors for catheters and guidewires, and future trends. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Engineering for Patient Safety: Issues in Minimally Invasive Procedures is a brief study of how human factors engineers have worked with medical personnel to improve patient safety and reduce medical error in the newest minimally invasive surgical procedures. In traditional surgery, surgeons had the advantages of three-dimensional vision and hands-on feedback as a result of direct contact with instruments and tissue. While the new surgical techniques have cost benefits and generally reduce patient trauma and recovery time, a whole new cast of potential problems has been introduced and there are greater risks of medical error. This book features: *an explanation of new technologies to improve minimally invasive procedures, starting with task analysis, problem assessment, instrument design, and evaluation of the new technologies; *examples from laparoscopy, arthroscopy, virtual colonoscopy, and cardiovascular catheter interventions; and *future projects and research fields. This study is of interest to human factors researchers who focus on health care, designers and manufacturers of medical equipment, and a number of surgeons and technicians. This is a brief study of how human factors engineers have worked with medical personnel to improve patient safety and reduce medical error in the newest minimally invasive surgical procedures (laparoscopy, angioplasty, colonoscopy, etc). This book will be of interest to human factors researchers who focus on health care, to designers and manufacturers of medical equipment and some number of surgeons and technicians.