Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Human factors engineering approaches to patient identification armband design. |
| Authors: |
Probst, C. Adam1 Adam.Probst@baylorhealth.edu, Wolf, Laurie2, Bollini, Mara3, Xiao, Yan1 |
| Source: |
Applied Ergonomics. Jan2016, Vol. 52, p1-7. 7p. |
| Subjects: |
Ergonomics, Armbands, Task performance, Nurses, Patient safety, Integrated health care delivery |
| Abstract: |
The task of patient identification is performed many times each day by nurses and other members of the care team. Armbands are used for both direct verification and barcode scanning during patient identification. Armbands and information layout are critical to reducing patient identification errors and dangerous workarounds. We report the effort at two large, integrated healthcare systems that employed human factors engineering approaches to the information layout design of new patient identification armbands. The different methods used illustrate potential pathways to obtain standardized armbands across healthcare systems that incorporate human factors principles. By extension, how the designs have been adopted provides examples of how to incorporate human factors engineering into key clinical processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Engineering Source |
