Improving medication management through the redesign of the hospital code cart medication drawer

Human Factors

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 626-636

  Rousek, Justin B ^a   Hallbeck, M Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

code cart; health care; human factors engineering; medical emergency; usability

Indexed keywords

CODE CART; COMPLETION TIME; CUSTOMIZABLE; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; KEY COMPONENT; MEDICAL EMERGENCY; MEDICATION MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RETRIEVAL TIME; USABILITY; USABILITY TESTING;

ACCIDENTS; CODES (SYMBOLS); DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SURVEYS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; VISIBILITY;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL CODING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 82055208092     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811426427     Document Type: Article

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