Applying human factors to the design of medical equipment: Patient-controlled analgesia

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 253-263

  Lin, Laura ^a,b   Isla, Racquet ^a   Doniz, Karine ^a   Harkness, Heather ^a   Vicente, Kim J ^a,b   Doyle, D John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human factors; Human computer interaction; Interface design; Medical equipment; Patient controlled analgesia; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFUSION PUMP; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032071196     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009928203196     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bogner MS. Medical devices and human error. In: Mouloua M, Parasuraman R, eds. Human performance in automated systems: Current research and trends. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1994: 64-67
2. Perrow C. Normal accidents: Living with high-risk technologies. New York: Basic Books, 1984
3. Leape LL. Error in medicine. J Am Med Assoc 1994; 272 (23): 1851-1857
4. White PF. Mishaps with patient-controlled analgesia. Anesthesiology 1987; 66: 81
5. Smythe M. Patient-controlled analgesia: A review. Pharmacotherapy 1992; 12: 132-143
6. Cohen MR. Preventing errors associated with P.C.A. pumps. Nursing 1993; 23: 17
7. Vicente KJ, Rasmussen J. Ecological interface design: Theoretical foundations. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 1992; SMC-22: 589-606
8. Sawaki Y, Parker RK, White PF. Patient and nurse evaluation of patient-controlled analgesia delivery systems for postoperative pain management. J Pain Symptom Management 1992; 7: 443-453
9. Rouse WB. Computer-generated display system guidelines, volume 2: Developing an evaluation plan (EPRI NP-3701). Palo Alto, CA: EPRI, 1984
10. Owen H, Glavin RJ, Reekie RM, Trew AS. Patient-controlled analgesia: Experience of two new machines. Anaesthesia 1986; 41: 1230-1235
11. Ilsley AH, Owen H, Plummer JL, Mackey NA, Roberts DRD. A system for standardized evaluation of patient-controlled analgesia devices: Design, construction, and engineering aspects. J Clin Monit 1994; 10: 194-200
12. Charante EM, Cook RI, Woods DD, Lue Y, Howie MB. Human-computer interaction in context: Physician interaction with automated intravenous controllers in the heart room. In: Stassen HG, ed. Analysis, design, and evaluation of man-machine systems 1992. London: Pergamon Press, 1992: 263-274
13. Yue L, Woods DD, Cook RI. Cognitive engineering of the human-computer interface: Re-design of an infusion controller in cardiac anesthesiology (CSEL Report TR-01-92). Columbus, OH: Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory, Ohio State University, 1992
14. Cook RI, Potter SS, Woods DD, McDonald JS. Evaluating the human engineering of microprocessor controlled operating room devices. J Clin Monit 1991; 7: 217-226
15. Isla R, Lin L. Investigation of the Effectiveness of the User Interface of Patient Controlled Analgesia Machines. Unpublished B.A.Sc. Thesis, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1993
16. Doniz K, Harkness H. Interface for Patient Controlled Analgesia Machine. Unpublished B.A.Sc. Thesis, University of Toronto,Toronto, Ontario, 1994
17. Wickens CD. Engineering psychology and human performance. 2nd ed. New York: Harper-Collins, 1992
18. Molich R, Nielson J. Heuristic evaluation of user interfaces. In Proceedings of CHI'90. New York: ACM Press, 1990: 249-256
19. Cook RI, Woods DD, Howie MB. The natural history of introducing new information technology into a high-risk environment. In Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society, 1990: 429-433
20. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Human factors engineering guidelines and preferred practices for the design of medical devices (AAMI HE-1988). Arlington, VA: AAMI, 1988