Objective: The Mental Health Environment of Care Checklist (MHEOCC) has been reported
to be effective in decreasing suicide on inpatient mental health units. The authors sought to …

Engineering grand challenges and big ideas not only demand innovative engineering
solutions, but also typically involve and affect human thought, behavior, and quality of life. To …

This chapter introduces methods and considerations for evaluating the usability of medical
devices. It divides evaluation methods broadly into usability inspection methods and …

Patient Safety: Perspectives on Evidence, Information and Knowledge Transfer provides
background on the patient safety movement, systems safety, human error and other key …

Objective: The objective was to evaluate human-factors-based instructional aids on
endoscope reprocessing. Background: The project stems from recent failures in …

Endoscope reprocessing has been identified as a complex procedure that, when completed
incorrectly, can lead to patient outbreaks due to cross contamination. Most reported …

The development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) in endoscope reprocessing is
an oftneglected task with vital implications. At present, there is little to no organizational …

Besides instructions for use, maintenance and reprocessing are probably the last activities
considered in the design of medical devices. Because of this, most reusable medical …

Instructions for use (IFU) are part of the medical device interface. As such, it is critical that
they are designed to facilitate safe use and prevent use-errors. To ensure that IFUs are …

The aim of this study is to review the clinical impact of monthly microbiology surveillance
culture for monitoring endoscope contamination after high‐level disinfection. Monthly …