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Ergonomics

Information design

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Ergonomics (except surgery)

A checklist for handle design
The Patkin Push Perceptor
Drug packaging *
Ergonomic barriers and opportunities
Limits to ergonomics 
Occupational strains in schoolchildren *
The China Connection *
Engineers, doctors and ergonomics
The spectrum of forces exerted in everyday life and in operative surgery
Introduction to ergonomics

Are drug companies making a proper packet out of it?
Ergonomics the key to a leap forward
From anthropology to ergonomics

RSI

Excess effort and pain at work
Neck and arm pain in the office
Skill, excess effort, and strain
Uncertain advice for the world*
Coming to grips with bad handwriting
Ergonomists are available, and waiting
Ergonomics the key to a leap forward

Heuristics of dissection

Heuristics of dissection index page
Heuristics of dissection Part 1

Heuristics of dissection Part 2

Information design

Organising & storing information

Books as machines
Medical libraries
Microfilm         
Videotape

Presenting & sharing information

The ergonomics of lecturing with 35mm slides
Putting the Pow !! into Powerpoint
Text - the ergonomics of natural language
Diagrams and hand diagrams
Human-computer interaction

Clinical information

Letters about patients
Medication lists
Fat file patients
Drug packaging *
A scheme for passing surgical examinations *

Operating room design, Hospital architecture

Hospital design - an ergonomic debacle
What surgeons want in the design of their operating rooms

Improving communication architects-clients
Checklist for contents of an OR

Nursing in the Operating room

Helping hands at surgery
What nurses want in the design of their operating rooms
Helping at Lap Surgery *

Ergonomics applied to surgery

History of ergonomy in surgery
The hand has two grips
Ergonomic aspects of surgical dexterity
Ergonomic design of a needleholder
Ergonomics and anaesthesia
Ergonomics of diathermy forceps design
Surgical instruments and effort - ratchets, needle sharpness
Forces exerted in clinical and operative surgery
Review: Surgical Techniques, by Herbert Haxton

Ergonomics and microsurgery

     Selection and care of microsurgical instruments 1978
     Ergonomics in microsurgery 1969

Ergonomics and laparoscopic surgery

Ergonomics, engineering and surgery of endosurgical dissection
Needle holding ability of laparoscopic needle holders
Helping at Lap Surgery *
Pocketcard for Lap Surgery Ergonomics

Surgery—Clinical, procedural

Tuberculosis of the appendix
Bullraut stings (MJA 1969)
Atypical mycobacterium in the neck
Postoperative confusion  
Fresh warm blood for massive transfusion
Peritoneal suture
Principles of treating bacterial inflammation
A cure for constipation
Removing foreign bodies from the limbs
Measuring abdominal tenderness
Normal breast lumps - palpating and recording them
Paraduodenal hernia
A scheme for passing surgical examinations *
Intra-gastric balloon for appetite control
Non-surgical—Winter croup and bedroom temperatures
Foreign body in the rectum
Long :Leg Plaster

Surgical instruments

Surgical instruments and effort referring especially to ratchets and needle sharpness
Forces exerted in clinical and operative surgery (as PDF file)
Measuring gentleness in surgery

See also—microsurgery, laparoscopic surgery

Editorials and general articles

Medical Journal of Australia

On giving injections
No news is bad news
For the doctor who has everything
Hospital switchboards
Ignorance and illegitimacy
Padding
Standards on edge
Seatbelts
Games the Flintstones play

In other publications

Occupational strains in schoolchildren *
Coming to grips with faulty handwriting
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Drug packaging *
WWDU2 (conference report)
The China connection *
Safety belts

 

Alphabetical listing of pages

A checklist for handle design
A cure for constipation
A scheme for passing surgical examinations
Are drug companies making a proper packet out of it?
Atypical mycobacterium in the neck

Books as machines
Bullraut stings (MJA 1969)

Checklist for contents of an OR
China Connection, The
Clinical information
Coming to grips with faulty handwriting

Diagrams and hand diagrams
Drug packaging

Editorials and general articles
Engineers, doctors and ergonomics
Ergonomic aspects of surgical dexterity
Ergonomic barriers and opportunities
Ergonomic design of a needleholder
Ergonomics (except surgery)
Ergonomics and anaesthesia
Ergonomics and laparoscopic surgery
Ergonomics and microsurgery
Ergonomics applied to surgery
Ergonomists are available, and waiting
Ergonomics in microsurgery 1969
Ergonomics of diathermy forceps design
Ergonomics the key to a leap forward
Excess effort and pain at work

Fat file patients
For the doctor who has everything
Forces exerted in clinical and operative surgery
Foreign body in the rectum
From anthropology to ergonomics
Fresh warm blood for massive transfusion

Games the Flintstones play
Hand has two grips, The
Surgical Techniques, by Herbert HaxtonReview
Helping hands at surgery
Heuristics of dissection index page
Heuristics of dissection Part 1
Heuristics of dissection Part 2
History of ergonomy in surgery
Hospital design - an ergonomic debacle
Hospital switchboards
Human-computer interaction

Ignorance and illegitimacy
Improving communication architects-clients
In other publications
Information design
Intra-gastric balloon for appetite control
Introduction to ergonomics
Introduction to ergonomics (Powerpoint)

Letters about patients
Limits to ergonomics
Long :Leg Plaster  

Measuring abdominal tenderness

Medical libraries
Medication lists
Microfilm

Neck and arm pain in the office

No news is bad news
Normal breast lumps - palpating and recording them
Nursing in the Operating room

Occupational strains in schoolchildren

On giving injections
Operating room design
Organising & storing information

Padding
Paraduodenal hernia
Patkin Push Perceptor, The
Peritoneal suture
Postoperative confusion
Presenting & sharing information
Principles of treating bacterial inflammation
Putting the Pow !! into Powerpoint

Removing foreign bodies from the limbs
RSI

Safety belts
Seatbelts
Selection and care of microsurgical instruments 1978
Skill, excess effort, and strain
Slide presentation
Spectrum of forces exerted in everyday life and in operative surgery, The
Standards on edge
Surgery—Clinical, procedural
Surgical instruments and effort - ratchets, needle sharpness

Town like Tuttlingen, A
Text and the ergonomics of natural language

Tuberculosis of the appendix

Uncertain advice for the world
Videotape

What nurses want in operating rooms
What surgeons want in operating rooms
WWDU2 (conference report)
Winter croup and bedroom temperatures

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