Better instructions for use to improve reusable medical equipment (RME) sterility

Human Factors

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-410

  Jolly, Jonathan D ^a,b   Hildebrand, Emily A ^a,b   Branaghan, Russell J ^b  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human factors; IFU; infection; instructions for use; outbreak; patient safety; reusable device sterility; reusable medical equipment; RME

Indexed keywords

IFU; INFECTION; INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE; OUTBREAK; PATIENT SAFETY; REUSABLE DEVICES; REUSABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS; RME;

COMMUNICATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECYCLING; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERILIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875720123     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812456393     Document Type: Article

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