Designing for patient safety: A review of the effectiveness of design in the UK health service

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 563-572

  Clarkson, P John ^a   Ward, James ^a   Buckle, Peter ^b   Stubbs, Dave ^b   Coleman, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; ERRORS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS;

HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SAFETY; UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; UNIVERSITY OF SURREY; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN COUNCIL; ENGINEERING DESIGN; MEDICAL ERRORS; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; SCOPING;

HEALTH CARE; ERGONOMICS;

EID: 14044260110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2004-57615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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