Pilot Testing of a Fit-for-purpose Surgical Headlight in Ethiopia

Adequate lighting is a precondition for surgery, however quality surgical lighting is often lacking in operating rooms in low-resource countries. Commercial surgical headlights are not widely available in these settings, as they are expensive and lack suppliers and maintenance mechanisms. We aimed to understand user needs of a fit-for-purpose surgical headlight for use in low-resource settings by evaluating a preselected headlight and the local surgical lighting conditions.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Global Surgery and Humanitarian Outreach Source Type: research