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Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'04)   pp. 8-15
Wearable Sensors for Auto-Event-Recording on Medical Nursing - User Study of Ergonomic Design -
Haruo Noma, ATR Inteligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Aki Ohmura, ATR Inteligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Noriaki Kuwahara, ATR Inteligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Kiyoshi Kogure, ATR Inteligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan

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Abstract
This paper proposes a method for monitoring the everyday nursing activities of medication, one part of the nurse's job that has been cited as a major cause of medical accidents. In our proposal, which we call the "E-Nightingale project," a wearable sensor can monitor the workflow of such activities constantly without impeding them. This paper describes our series of wearable sensor development and the results of a questionnaire on their ergonomics.
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Index Terms- wearable computer, ergonomics, medical nursing, e hospital, ubiquitous Citation:  Haruo Noma, Aki Ohmura, Noriaki Kuwahara, Kiyoshi Kogure, "Wearable Sensors for Auto-Event-Recording on Medical Nursing - User Study of Ergonomic Design -," iswc, pp. 8-15,  Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC'04),  2004