Taxonomy of communications in the operating room

Carlos A. Velasquez; Rashid Mazhar; Amer Chaikhouni; Tian Zhou; Juan P. Wachs

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_25

Taxonomy of communications in the operating room

Carlos A. Velasquez, Rashid Mazhar, Amer Chaikhouni, Tian Zhou, Juan P. Wachs

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Abstract

US hospitals are facing critical problems of nurse shortage. One report predicts that there will be a shortage of 260,000 registered nurses by 2025 in the USA, and it was found out that patient mortality risk is 6% higher in hospitals understaffed with nurses compared to units fully staffed. One possible solution to cope with such nurse shortage problem is to develop robotic scrub nurses that can collaborate with surgeons. Some robotic systems have been specifically developed to handle instruments to the surgeon in the operating room. These robotic systems work under the assumption that verbal and gesture communication are the most common modalities. This study shows that expert surgical staff do not use specific gestures to communicate and rely only in two modalities: predictions performed by the assistant and verbal commands. From a group of 68 instruments delivered, during three cardiothoracic surgeries, 47 corresponded to successful predictions and 23 to verbal commands. Only one wrong prediction was observed but no specific gesture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017
Editors	Vincent Duffy, Nancy Lightner
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	251-262
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783319604824
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_25
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017 - Los Angeles, United States Duration: 17 Jul 2017 → 21 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	590
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	17/07/17 → 21/07/17

Keywords

Human factors
Human-Systems integration
Medical robotics systems engineering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

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Velasquez, C. A., Mazhar, R., Chaikhouni, A., Zhou, T., & Wachs, J. P. (2018). Taxonomy of communications in the operating room. In V. Duffy, & N. Lightner (Eds.), Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017 (pp. 251-262). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 590). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_25

Velasquez, Carlos A. ; Mazhar, Rashid ; Chaikhouni, Amer et al. / Taxonomy of communications in the operating room. Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017. editor / Vincent Duffy ; Nancy Lightner. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 251-262 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Velasquez, CA, Mazhar, R, Chaikhouni, A, Zhou, T & Wachs, JP 2018, Taxonomy of communications in the operating room. in V Duffy & N Lightner (eds), Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 590, Springer Verlag, pp. 251-262, AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017, Los Angeles, United States, 17/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_25

Taxonomy of communications in the operating room. / Velasquez, Carlos A.; Mazhar, Rashid; Chaikhouni, Amer et al.
Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017. ed. / Vincent Duffy; Nancy Lightner. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 251-262 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 590).

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Velasquez CA, Mazhar R, Chaikhouni A, Zhou T, Wachs JP. Taxonomy of communications in the operating room. In Duffy V, Lightner N, editors, Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conferences on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 2017. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 251-262. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_25

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