Functional Medical Products
- Submitting institution
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Staffordshire University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Lists 10
- Type
- T - Other
- DOI
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- Location
- Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants (INF&MP), Poznan, Poland; University of Huddersfield, UK
- Brief description of type
- A collection of journal paper and conference proceeding that address different aspects of a single project and are collectively greater than the sum of their parts.
- Open access status
- -
- Month
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- Year
- 2017
- URL
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https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/lists/10/
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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A - The C3 Centre: Creative Industries and Creative Communities
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This submission contains an international journal paper (2017) with supporting evidence in the form of an international peer reviewed conference paper, nation practitioner’s conference (Health Sector) and a university research case study.
The research’s focus was to design and develop a safety harness with the potential to reduce infection at the site of a catheter tail in the chest of long-term child cancer sufferers. It took place in partnership with the Little Heroes Cancer Trust, a regional charity. The research used an inductive approach based on data collection. It triangulated various research strategies including questionnaires, focus groups and interviews from parents, carers and medical personnel. The researchers then used quality function deployment methods to assess the key findings from the primary data analysis, which provided the basis for their design criteria and the product development schedule. The outcome of the research was a functional product ergonomically designed for maximum comfort, dignity and safety, and with the added unique selling point of antibacterial properties. The product has since been commercialised by the charity under the brand of Tookie (www.tookie.co).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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