Ergonomics of Medical Thermometer
Ergonomics of Medical Thermometer
In partial fulfillment of BS Industrial Engineering
Presented by:
Ares Evangelista
David Cheysser Layno
Lean Lester Goopio
Introduction
Of the many tools and instruments regarded as essential to the clinical examination, none has had such widespread application as the clinical thermometer. In the time of Hippocrates, only the hand was used to detect the heat or cold of the human body, although fever and chills were known as signs of morbid processes. In Alexandrine medicine, the pulse was observed as an index of disease, superseding the crude assessment of temperature. In the Middle Ages, the four humours were assigned the qualities of hot, cold, dry and moist, and thus fever again acquired importance.
Galileo in 1592 devised a crude temperature‐measuring instrument, but it had no scale and therefore no numerical readings; further, it was affected by atmospheric pressure. A large step forward was achieved by Santorio (Sanctorio Sanctorius) who invented a mouth thermometer.
Equipped with advanced technology, thermometers today allows easier and more comfortable use for the examiner and the patient. From Galileo’s first temperature-measuring instrument, to mercury-in-glass, and to digital and tympanic, thermometers have evolved to adapt and fit with human factors.
Statement of the Problem
Thermometers have been changed, renovated, and redesigned over the past few decades. The question lies on how appropriate and ergonomically fit are today’s thermometers compared to the traditional mercury-in-glass thermometers; and which among these modern thermometers represents the best in all aspects.
Objective
The study is aimed to achieve the following: To determine the most ergonomically appropriate thermometer To distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of each type of thermometer To provide a recommendation for future developments
Scope and Limitations
The study focuses on examining the
In partial fulfillment of BS Industrial Engineering
Presented by:
Ares Evangelista
David Cheysser Layno
Lean Lester Goopio
Introduction
Of the many tools and instruments regarded as essential to the clinical examination, none has had such widespread application as the clinical thermometer. In the time of Hippocrates, only the hand was used to detect the heat or cold of the human body, although fever and chills were known as signs of morbid processes. In Alexandrine medicine, the pulse was observed as an index of disease, superseding the crude assessment of temperature. In the Middle Ages, the four humours were assigned the qualities of hot, cold, dry and moist, and thus fever again acquired importance.
Galileo in 1592 devised a crude temperature‐measuring instrument, but it had no scale and therefore no numerical readings; further, it was affected by atmospheric pressure. A large step forward was achieved by Santorio (Sanctorio Sanctorius) who invented a mouth thermometer.
Equipped with advanced technology, thermometers today allows easier and more comfortable use for the examiner and the patient. From Galileo’s first temperature-measuring instrument, to mercury-in-glass, and to digital and tympanic, thermometers have evolved to adapt and fit with human factors.
Statement of the Problem
Thermometers have been changed, renovated, and redesigned over the past few decades. The question lies on how appropriate and ergonomically fit are today’s thermometers compared to the traditional mercury-in-glass thermometers; and which among these modern thermometers represents the best in all aspects.
Objective
The study is aimed to achieve the following: To determine the most ergonomically appropriate thermometer To distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of each type of thermometer To provide a recommendation for future developments
Scope and Limitations
The study focuses on examining the