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Care Facilitator Cart: a product technology built with nursing professionals

Carro Facilitador de Atención: tecnología de producto construida con profesionales de enfermería

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to describe a product technology building (Care Facilitator Cart) with nursing professionals working in surgical clinic and medical clinic at a university hospital in Rio Grande do Sul.

Methods:

a qualitative, methodological research guided by the Business Model Canvas, with 52 nursing professionals, through non-participant observation and brainstorming, carried out from April to October 2016. The records were analyzed through content analysis.

Results:

the product was built with two floors, a retractable table, a removable compartment for disposal and separation of infectious, recyclable and sharps waste, lid opening by a sensor, among others.

Final Considerations:

the invention unleashes possibilities to be an innovative instrument aimed at performing safe care in hospital institutions, with a view to reducing professional wear, rework, infection control, and effectiveness of procedures and techniques.

Descriptors:
Technological Development; Products Technology; Nurse Practitioners; Nursing Care; Hospital Care

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