Human Factors Engineering Assumes Larger Role in Efforts to Minimize Error

摘要

How can you minimize medical device accidents by applying human factors engineering at your facility? And how can you increase your influence in creating a culture of safety that benefits both patients and medical device users? Those questions and others will be explored during one of more than 50 educational sessions scheduled to take place at AAMI's Annual Conference & Expo in Tampa, FL, from May 14-17. Speakers at the human factors session will explore a case study involving a 1,100-bed acute care facility where process improvements were developed by a multidisciplinary team who employed human factors principles, studied usability data, and impacted cardiac patients' safety.