Designing devices with the task in mind: Which numbers are really used in hospitals?

Human Factors

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-74

  Wiseman, Sarah ^a   Cox, Anna L ^a   Brumby, Duncan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digit distributions; heuristic evaluation; interface design; medical devices; number entry

Indexed keywords

DIGIT DISTRIBUTIONS; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; INTERFACE DESIGNS; MEDICAL DEVICES; NUMBER ENTRY;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; HOSPITALS; PUMPS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; METHODOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873647823     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812471988     Document Type: Article

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