Title :
Smart-Pan: Bedpan Management System
Author :
Faulkner, N.T. ; LaCourse, J.R. ; Shippee-Rice, R.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
Abstract :
The basic bedpan design in current use has changed little in the last century. The Smart-Pan, a Bedpan Management System, creates the basic command structure for a waste removal system in hospital beds that could ultimately replace the manual bedpan system.
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; health care; hospitals; medical control systems; waste management; bedpan management system; hospital bed; smart-pan; waste removal system; Hospitals; Injuries; Safety; Software; Switches; Testing; Bedpans; Clostrium difficile; management system;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2013 39th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Syracuse, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4928-4
DOI :
10.1109/NEBEC.2013.139
