The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse error in selected medical devices: the Datex cardiocap and the capnomac Ultima II. These are both anaesthetic machines used to monitor patients in theatre. A secondary purpose of this paper is to investigate how the present error management technique used in the medical world affects the improvement of the interface in medical equipment
International audienceThe EU revised Medical Device Directive introduces a major change in the CE ma...
In order to prevent use errors with their medical devices, manufacturers have to integrate a safety-...
Product development organizations have well-established processes in assessing potential hazards for...
Although error has been shown as the main cause of accidents in complex systems, little attention ha...
Healthcare has been slow in using human factors principles to reduce medical errors. The Center for ...
In the world today, the vast majority of medical electronic equipment contains software. Very often ...
Errors committed during healthcare providers’ use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) systems in t...
Errors committed during healthcare providers’ use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) systems in t...
Medication prescription errors and medication-related problems can cause an array of problems rangin...
Medical devices accompany our everyday life and come across in situations of worse condition, in sig...
Abstract. The IOM report, To Err is Human, Building a Better Health System, galvanized public and po...
Abstract. We present a new taxonomy of medical errors, with emphasis on human errors. We illustrate ...
Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and anaesthesia ...
In overview on emerging process standards is presented which are streamlining the handling of use er...
The aim of medical care is to make people healthier, and this is pursued with great success today. U...
International audienceThe EU revised Medical Device Directive introduces a major change in the CE ma...
In order to prevent use errors with their medical devices, manufacturers have to integrate a safety-...
Product development organizations have well-established processes in assessing potential hazards for...
Although error has been shown as the main cause of accidents in complex systems, little attention ha...
Healthcare has been slow in using human factors principles to reduce medical errors. The Center for ...
In the world today, the vast majority of medical electronic equipment contains software. Very often ...
Errors committed during healthcare providers’ use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) systems in t...
Errors committed during healthcare providers’ use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) systems in t...
Medication prescription errors and medication-related problems can cause an array of problems rangin...
Medical devices accompany our everyday life and come across in situations of worse condition, in sig...
Abstract. The IOM report, To Err is Human, Building a Better Health System, galvanized public and po...
Abstract. We present a new taxonomy of medical errors, with emphasis on human errors. We illustrate ...
Medication error is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in medical profession, and anaesthesia ...
In overview on emerging process standards is presented which are streamlining the handling of use er...
The aim of medical care is to make people healthier, and this is pursued with great success today. U...
International audienceThe EU revised Medical Device Directive introduces a major change in the CE ma...
In order to prevent use errors with their medical devices, manufacturers have to integrate a safety-...
Product development organizations have well-established processes in assessing potential hazards for...