Thermal comfort assessment of orthopaedic health professionals in an operating room

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2018

Authors

Nelson Rodrigues (Author) Other; A. S. Miguel (Author) Other; Senhorinha Teixeira (Author) Other; Constantino Fernandes (Author) Other; João Santos Baptista (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HYGIENE VI

Pages: 561-565

6th International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO)

Guimaraes, PORTUGAL, MAR 26-27, 2018

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CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Safety technology

FOS: Engineering and technology

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Authenticus ID: P-00Q-7PC

DOI: 10.1201/9781351008884-99

Abstract (EN): The present work aims to study thermal sensation of orthopaedic health professionals during the execution of their activities in an operating room. The development of a questionnaire allowed the knowledge of the personal factors and thermal sensation of those professionals when exposed to their work environment. Considering the data similarities, four different classes were created: "Surgeon", "Surgeon's Assistant", "Instrumentalist" and "Nurses and Auxiliaries". Among the considered classes, the study focuses in two: "Surgeons" and "Nurses and Auxiliaries" which presented considerable differentiation. The first class presented a thermal sensation directed towards a hotter thermal sensation, while the latter on was directed to a colder thermal sensation. Additionally, it was verified that the surgeons present a greater intolerance towards thermal environment variations when compared to the nurses and auxiliaries.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5