Applying a multidisciplinary approach to the selection, evaluation, and acquisition of smart infusion pumps

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-98

  Namshirin, Pej ^a   Ibey, Andrew ^a   Lamsdale, Allison ^b  

^a Biomedical Engineering   (Canada)

^b Quality and Patient Safety   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Human factors; Procurement; Smart pumps; Usability

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL USERS; ERROR REDUCTION; HEURISTICS; INFUSION DEVICES; INFUSION PUMP; MEDICAL DEVICES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCUREMENT; PROCUREMENT PROJECTS; SMART PUMPS; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT; USABILITY; USABILITY STUDIES; WALKTHROUGHS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

PUMPS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DRUG LABELING; EVALUATION; INFUSION PUMP; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACY; PURCHASING; WORKFLOW;

EID: 79959630473     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.839     Document Type: Article

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