Archive for the ‘End-Users’ Category
Friday, February 24th, 2012
FDA guidance and developing standards from ISO and AAMI/ANSI have shifted more attention to device and package designs that consider the needs of end-users and reduce the likelihood of human error.
At Cardinal Health, the usability of product and packaging is formally considered as human factors in design are captured and ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
A first concern of nurses is avoiding contaminating the inside of sterile packaging when devices are flipped to a sterile field or handed off to the scrub nurse.
At the Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience organized by Michigan State University and Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging, Tony Trier, a masters degree candidate at the ...
Posted in Compliance Packaging, Counterfeiting, Design, End-Users, Handling, Hospital, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, Pouches, Quality, Safety, security, standards | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
We often talk about making packaging more interesting at the point of sale (POS) to drive patient/consumer interest, but I just heard a better point for you to consider: the "Point of Consumption (POC)." Michael Nieuwesteeg, managing director of the Netherlands Packaging Centre (NVC), who joined me to co-moderate the ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Doctors and nurses are often tripped up by product packaging and labeling, putting patients and themselves at risk, warns Dr. John Gosbee, Human Factors Engineering & Healthcare Specialist at Red Forest Consulting and University of Michigan Health System.
Gosbee spoke at the Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience, organized by Michigan State University’s ...
Posted in Design, End-Users, Handling, Hospital, Labeling, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, Package Inserts, Printing and Coding, Safety | No Comments »
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
The role of a paramedic is to stabilize a patient in an emergency situation. Seconds count---so ask yourselves this question: Does your package ease emergency care, or get in its way?
In just a couple weeks (October 5-6), Michigan State University (MSU) and Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging will offer the chance to ...
Posted in Drug Delivery, End-Users, Handling, Hospital, Medical Devices, Medical Errors, Safety | No Comments »
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Here are some pretty scary statistics, courtesy the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). In its December 2 ISMP Medication Safety Alert! ISMP released the results of an online survey regarding infection-control procedures. Sponsored by Premier Healthcare Alliance, the survey of 5,446 healthcare practitioners "reveals an alarming lapse in basic ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
In our monthly e-newsletter this week, we shared a report from HealthPack on a lively nurses' panel and survey about packaging. The nurses largely favored double-rigid packages. (For the entire newsletter, please see the end of this entry.) Such end-user feedback is so valuable because it gives you an idea ...
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