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Design of the Next
Generation Mobile Clinic
Team MRC, GET 2012
Erick Froede
Bryan Lewis
Hendrik Bosman
Barend de Villiers
The primary deficiencies fall into three
distinct categories
Inadequate Vehicle Platform
Limited Nurse & Patient Comfort
Lack of Modern
Equipment
Bad Product Design
Team MRC is working side by side with
the stakeholders to develop a solution
Nurses
Govern-ment
Vehicle
Builders
How can I
use a mobile
clinic? How can I
build a
mobile clinic?
How can I
manage a
mobile clinic?
The solution consists of four unique efforts that
come together to form the next generation MC
Vehicle Selection
Auxiliary Equipment
Anthropometric
Modeling
Modular Unit
Design New
MC
The selected vehicle has an ideal combination of
characteristics for an MC platform
VW Crafter 35 2.0 L TDI
• Super high roof
• Medium wheel base
The new MC features equipment to improve
healthcare and working conditions
Medical Equipment Compiled unique list of medical
equipment specific to MCs
Electricity Supply 12 VDC and 220 VAC supplied to
clinical area
Climate Control VW Crafter’s rear compartment
HVAC options were implemented
Refrigerated Storage Two medical grade thermoelectric
coolers installed
Lavatory Facilities Flushing chemical toilet and
hygiene station integrated
Examination Bed Articulation examination bed fitted
Anthropometrics were a key factor in the
development of the clinical area
Obtain base data
• MC-ANSUR
• SA knee height study
Develop model
• Regression-based
• Residual variance
Extract values
• Find the 2.5th and 97.5th percentile
• Make design decisions
The extracted values were compiled into a design table,
which was used as a guideline for future decisions
There are three distinct areas in the MC to
suit patient and nurse requirements
Examination Area
Clinical Area Administrative / Consulting Area
Government adoption of the
MC
Addition of the MC description to the NaTIS
Integration of new technology
Further development of
the modular units
Procure the best available
vehicles
Bring international
models to the SA market
Place them on government procurement
list
Pursue a new anthropometric
survey
Consider both the nurses and
patients
Iterate on the final design
The current layout can be
improved further
Several tasks remain which can further
improve the impact of the project
The final rollout of the project will occur
over the next four years
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Procure Vehicle
- Oct 2012
MC Conversion by MIB
- Jan 2013 – Feb 2013
Field Testing
- Mar–Dec 2013
Finalize MC Design
- Jan 2014
MC Fleet Rollout
- 20/year for 3 years
Thank you!
Acknowledgements:
• Medical Research Council, Sponsor
• Prof Tony Bunn
• Giovanni Milandri
• GET Supervisors
• Prof. Cornie Scheffer
• Dr. Matt Parkinson
• Project Assosiates
• Dr. Frans Krige
• Charlotte Stemmet, CNP
• Alta Swanepoel & Assocatiates
• Jeff Banks, AVE
And all the others who helped us throughout this project.
The new MC features equipment to improve
healthcare and working conditions
• Medical Equipment
• Electricity Supply
• Climate Control
• Refrigerated Storage
• Lavatory Facilities
• Examination Bed
• Wall Storage Bin
HVAC makes the MC a comfortable place to
work – winter or summer
Factory optional
additions to the
VW Crafter.
The AHP assigns weights using relational
importance and matrix algebra
Comfort Drivability Misc. Weight (%)
Comfort 1 2 1.5 46.2
Drivability 0.5 1 0.75 23.1
Misc. 0.667 1.333 1 30.8
These three main categories were broken into
four different categories for each of the vehicles
Using the base data, a novel modeling method was
used to create a virtual population
Extrapolation of Anthropometric Measures to New Populations