RESEARCH: Topics & Other Research Areas

RESEARCH NOTES

• Research areas:

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  • size, weight, dimensions
  
  
  • storage issue
  
  
  • designed spaces to leave carts
  
  
  • wheelchair corral
  
  
  • backroom storage of carts - junk
  
  
  • nurses don't want carts - COWs (computer on wheels)
  
  
  • computers fold against walls
  
  
  • carts removed from rooms with airborne disease (TB)
  
  
  • ultrasound technology
  
  
  • universal carts
  
  
  • eye care
  
  
  • IV poles - patients need to move, patient, doctor/nurse
  
  
  • integrate w/ students - robot controlled pharmacy
  
  
  • reduce errors in dispersing meds
  
  
  • not concerned with meds - Rxsys machine: ATM
  
  
  • food, laundry, video games, luggage bags
  
  
  • printer
  
  
  • patient computer
  
  
  
  

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  • Categories/Groups:
    
    
    
    • Pharmacy
    
    
    • Ultrasound
    
    
    • IV team - blood work team
    
    
    • Reception - check-in, check-out
    
    
    • Crash cart
    
    
    • Cardio cart
    
    
    • Nurses
    
    
    • Doctor
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Other:

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  • moving multiple carts at once
  
  
  • multiple cart management
  
  
  • 5 star bases catch on each other
  
  
  • washing hands between cart > person
  
  
  • hand sanitizer on carts  - promote cleansing
  
  
  • labeling drawers - finding things
  
  
  • frequently used items higher up
  
  
  • smooth cleaning surfaces
  
  
  • weight of carts and casters
  
  
  • transition from hard floors to carpet, heavy battery
  
  
  • profasionist, cardio, pulmonary pump, tubing, drawers, locked on top
  
  
  • technology in children's hospitals
  
  
  • ECMO & CPS carts used in cardio-bypass
  
  
  • cord management systems
  
  
  • OfficeMax cart substitutes
  
  
  • packagers - everything for 1 procedure pre-packed, all-inclusive
  
  
  • mobility of tablet good enough
  
  
  • visitor beds in rooms
  
  
  • windows in every room
  
  
  
  

• Tablet Uses:

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  • what is the purpose of tablet rather than cart
  
  
  • doctor use rather than nurse use, charting, documenting
  
  
  • eliminating 1 step in system of recording
  
  
  • be seen by patient and doctor - swinging/rotating arm
  
  
  • covered keyboards on carts not necessary
  
  
  • tablet with scanner
  
  
  • C5 system with sliding tablet batteries, recharging station
  
  
  • wireless in hospitals
  
  
  • missing smiles
  
  
  • call light  button for patients (w/ categories)
  
  
  • clinics in developing countries
  
  
  
  

Things to consider:

• think about specific situations - where, when, why you'd need a cart


• reasons to need to move a cart


• security, how to lock the cart? lock tablet to cart?

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