Introduction
Patient safety is an issue for all countries that deliver health services, whether they are privately commissioned or funded by the government. Acupuncture treatment is the most common invasive treatment method for Traditional Chinese Medicine in which thin needles are inserted into specific documented points of the body. The increasing popularity of acupuncture worldwide has let to growing demands for safer practice. There is a growing literature on adverse events associated with acupuncture that the most common adverse events occur was leaving needle in the patient's body with the incidence rate about 3.3%. The consequences of the needle left on the patients were a major threat to the safety of patients.
Leaving needles in a patient's body could happen any steps throughout an acupuncture therapy including recording the number of needles at the beginning of a treatment process inaccurately, medical incidents occurred during treatment, and missing out some needles during needles removing phase at the end of treatment. Improving the accuracy of needle counting during the phase of removing needles is critical. This project aims to design needle collecting containers which have counting function via 3D printing techniques to reduce human errors by improving the counting accuracy at needles removing step.
Features / strengths
1. Improve the accuracy of needle counting
2. Prevent missed needles
3. Improve the safety and quality of medical treatment for patients
Specification in detail
TCM Counting Acupuncture Box
21cm×12cm ×22cm
