Using knowledge in the world to improve patient safety: Designing affordances in health care equipment to specify a sequential "checklist"

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-20

  Bakdash, Jonathan Z ^a,b,c   Drews, Frank A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Salt Lake Informatics Decision Enhancement and Surveillance Center (IDEAS)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklists; Equipment design; Human factors; Patient safety; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; CHECKLISTS; COGNITIVE DEMANDS; COLOR CODING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ERRORS; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MINIMAL INFORMATION; OFF-LOADING; PATIENT SAFETY; SEQUENCING;

ERRORS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84355166199     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20289     Document Type: Article

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