Comments on anesthesia machines' and monitors' designs.
- Author:
Da-Chun ZHOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Anesthesiology;
instrumentation;
Equipment Design;
Monitoring, Intraoperative;
instrumentation;
Safety
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation
2007;31(5):360-361
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
From a view point of an anesthesiologist, the article points out some design issues of modern monitors and anesthesia machines. User interface problems such as auto-adjusted amplitude display, excessively complicated menus, unreasonable switch arrangement, unsuitable alarm settings or identical cylinder connectors, may affect patient safety and increase anesthesiologists' workload or mental burden.
