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2017-01-01

The issue of thermal comfort of medical clothing in the operating room

La cuestión de la comodidad térmica de la ropa médica en la sala de operaciones

Palabras clave:

comfort, medical clothing, Alambeta, Thermal manikin (en)
comodidad, ropa médica, Alambeta, maniquí térmico (es)

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Medical clothes have the primary function of protection. However this function must be correlated with a good comfort experience to the user. The comfort is a very important issue, since professionals are exposed to stress situations that can influence, negatively, their performance work. More specific, thermal comfort plays a crucial role for the best performance of OR medical clothing, involving heat regulation and mass transfer between a clothed body and the environment, once clothing is the interface between body and environment. The aim of this work was to study the behavior of thermal properties of surgical scrub and clean air suits A comparison was made between this two types of clothing using Alambeta equipment, for stationary thermal properties and a Thermal Manikin, to allow the analysis of dynamic thermal properties, such as heat flux and thermal insulation. It was found that clothing thermal insulation is statistically different, showing that the difference between suits may will perceived by the user.
La ropa médica tiene la función principal de protección. Sin embargo, esta función debe estar correlacionada con una buena experiencia de comodidad para el usuario. La comodidad es un tema muy importante, ya que los profesionales están expuestos a situaciones de estrés que pueden influir, negativamente, en su desempeño laboral. Más específico, el confort térmico juega un papel crucial para el mejor rendimiento de la ropa médica usado en la sala de operaciones, que implica la regulación del calor y la transferencia de masa entre un cuerpo vestido y el medio ambiente, una vez que la ropa es la interfaz entre el cuerpo y el medio ambiente. El objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar el comportamiento de propiedades térmicas de batas quirúrgicos y trajes de aire limpio usados en la sala de operaciones. Se realizó una comparación entre estos dos tipos de prendas con equipos Alambeta, para propiedades térmicas estacionarias y un Maniquí Térmico, para propriedades dinâmicas, como el flujo de calor y el aislamiento térmico. Se encontró que el aislamiento térmico de las prendas es estadísticamente diferente, mostrando que la diferencia entre los trajes puede ser percibida por el usuario.

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