Archive for October, 2011
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 ...
Posted in Blisters, Bottles, Design, End-Users, Gum, Pharmacies | No Comments »
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 »
