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2005
ICU4 - Intelligent Communication Uniforms for health care workers
Background
Nurses use a wide variety of information, e.g., about patient conditions, medication, treatments, and administration, and often need to communicate interactively. Considering the fact that nurses need to have their hands free, wearable computing might be a practical solution of integrating information acquisition and communication into everyday work routines.
As nurses have more specialized tasks and responsibilities , new devices need to be developed that give the health care worker immediate access to detailed and sometimes complicated information at the workplace and when in action.
Project description
The ICU4 is a development project which looks at the possibilities which lies in applying wearable computing in health care work. Wearable computing refers to information devices worn by the user, which can be accessed while the worker is in action.
ICU4 is about integration of information and communication technology into designs of working uniforms for nurses.
The ICU4 concept aims to provide solutions in the form of integrating communication technology into the working uniform. Developments in textile technology and fibre industry are other components of the design concept of ewear (wearable electronics) for health care workers.
Contact person at NST
Per Hasvold, telephone +47 913 41 982
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