Increasing patient safety through resilient design: Using human factors engineering and environmental support mechanisms to reduce potentials of hospital acquired infection

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 590, Issue , 2018, Pages 3-10

  Platt, Lisa Sundahl ^a   Greene, Michael ^b  

^a UMNSystems LLC   (United States)

^b Sappi North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic resilience engineering; Environmental surface technology; Human factors; Infection prevention

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PATHOGENS;

DELIVERY ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS; INFECTION PREVENTION; RESILIENCE ENGINEERINGS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 85023207504     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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