1. Bedpan Management System
Team: Neal Thomas Faulkner
Project Advisor: Dr. John LaCourse
Project Completion: May 2013

2. Purpose
Why is this important?

3. Current Technology Method of Employment Roll patient onto their side
Place bedpan underneath
Raise patient to a sitting position
Wait
Roll patient back onto their side
Carefully remove bedpan to avoid spills

4. Problems with the current system
Time Intensive
Manpower Intensive
Risk of Infection

5. Time Intensive Requires patient to wait for assistance
Procedure takes longer with patients who are injured
Hospital staff availability

6. Manpower Intensive Requires hospital staff at every incident
Hospital staff must be present throughout procedure
Bedpans need specialized cleaning care
Bedpans must be sterilized before each use

7. Potential Risks for Infection
Inadequate cleaning and sterilization
Potential contact with waste material for hospital staff
Potential contact with waste material for patients
Possibility for spills to occur during process

8. What it is, and how it works.
Form and Function
What it is, and how it works.

9. Form Mechanized hospital bed Motor controlled access Alert system
Saftey controls triggered by sensor input
Input panel for staff use

10. Software Controls for:
Goals:
Software Controls for:
Patient driven initiation
Logic design and timing control
Safety control structure and override
Hospital staff notification settings
Staff input commands to assist in care

11. Patient Driven Input can be modified to fit requirements
Ruduces patient wait time
Does not require hospital staff to be availible at the beginning

12. Logic and Timing
Determination for when each action should be taken and in what order
Allows for data collection for staff use

13. Safety Motor resistance Excessive idle time
Patient controlled stop function

14. Notification Automatically on Emergency Events Staff can choose to
be notified imediately
on system start
Options for other further notification will be stored as variables

15. Staff options Notification settings Data Collection Filtration option
Hold option

16. Project Timeline

17. Questions?