In nursing school, you learn to avoid mistakes at all costs, as medical errors can result in physical injury or even death.

Confusing mobile apps and unclear instructions can be frustrating for anyone. But imagine if these everyday annoyances weren't just inconvenient but held the potential to be dangerous. That's where ...

“Anyone doing design, development, or postmarket surveillance for a medical product that humans use should be considering human factors and usability,” Shannon Hoste, chief scientific officer at ...

A middle-aged man with sepsis from a diabetic foot wound was admitted to a rural Utah hospital. It was clear the patient needed to be transferred to University of Utah Health for specialty care.

Researchers have determined several factors associated with an increased and decreased risk of medication errors, according to a study published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. For the study, ...

U.S. and EU regulators require human factors and usability testing to bring a medical device to market. Virginia Lang, PhD, president and chief scientist at HirLan Inc., an engineering consultancy ...

A door plug blew off Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 mid-flight in January 2024. Now the National Transportation Safety Board says it can happen again. When it comes to safety in the workplace, there ...

Background: It has been reported that error occurs at some point during the medication use process in approximately 6% of medication doses administered in the ...

The University of Strathclyde has encouraged ship operators, safety professionals and accident investigators to use the Safety Human Incident & Error Learning ...