A master thesis from Aalborg University
PullIt - A work environment tool for nurses
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Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2024
Submitted on
2024-05-29
Pages
155 pages
Abstract
The following process report is a part of a master’s thesis developed by three students at Aalborg University majoring in Industrial Design Engineering. With input from the partnering company byLink and various stakeholders and experts, totalling at 34 participating individuals, the paper openly showcases the students’ process of creating PullIt, a professional and adoptable hand tool for hospital nurses in the Danish healthcare sector. The process follows a strategic oscillation between utilisation of entrepreneurial approach and Design Thinking, with a co-evolution of solution and problem space, to enhance process acceleration as well as refinement and appropriateness of the design. The report identifies, continuously verifies, frames and comprehends the problem of nurses injecting and extracting 50 mL syringes during medicine mixing within hospitals. The tough hard working conditions result in musculoskeletal disorders of nurses contributing to annual expenses of 2.46 billion DKK for the Danish health care sector. A design is subsequently conceptualised, detailed and matured for manufacturing with a feasible implementation plan catered specifically to byLink affecting an estimated 8,135 nurses within three years. The sustainable proposed solution relieves and prevents musculoskeletal disorders in nurses’ fingers and hands by relocating strain during said task, to the entire hand and bigger muscle groups while maintaining mobility and promoting ergonomic use. Additionally, it optimises their time-efficiency upwards of 17% as well as patient safety. With proven interest and presales, PullIt represents a timely and realistic solution that improves nurses’ quality of life, addresses healthcare expenditures, and sets a precedent for future work environment innovations.
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