Ergonomic RFID tag placement on surgical instruments – a preliminary user study
Author:
Heibeyn Jan1, Witte Mark1, Billig Sebastian2, Schweizer Matthias3, Janß Armin1, Radermacher Klaus1
Affiliation:
1. Chair of Medical Engineering , 9165 RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany 2. Clinic for Anaesthesiology , 39058 Uniklinik RWTH Aachen , Aachen , Germany 3. 84627 Aesculap AG , Tuttlingen , Germany
Abstract
Abstract
Objectives
RFID tags on surgical instruments allow tracking of individual instruments. However, the tags on the instruments can restrict the handling, potentially increasing patient risks. Previous studies analyzed hand contact areas to identify potential locations for tags. However, the studies did not conduct interaction tests using instruments equipped with RFID tags, potentially neglecting the influence of haptic perception. In addition, previous studies required time-consuming evaluations by clinicians.
Methods
Therefore, the present study aims to verify the previous findings in interaction-centered tests with clinicians using real RFID tags on the instruments. Additionally, we had instrument design experts rate RFID tag positions and examined whether they could predict the clinician’s preferred tag positions.
Results
We found that nearly all RFID tag positions decreased the user satisfaction of clinicians compared to a reference instrument. Compared to previous studies, our study shows that the RFID tag influences the orientations in which an instrument can be comfortably held, which was criticized by clinicians. Instrument design experts could only predict the clinician’s preferred tag positions for some instruments.
Conclusions
Therefore, we recommend investigating further changes to instrument design, for what the “ideal” positions proposed by the clinicians in this study can provide initial pointers.
Funder
Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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