Key result
Integrating ergonomics and human-centered design into medical equipment and surgical training can reduce medical errors and improve system usability.
This review highlights the critical need to incorporate ergonomics and human factors engineering into the design of medical devices, operating environments, and surgical training to reduce errors and improve patient safety.
Supports ergonomics integration in devices and training to reduce errors; leaves open prospective trials for confirmation.
This review outlines some of the issues surrounding ergonomics that are relevant to medical and surgical practice and to health care in general
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Stone et al. (2004) conducted a review in Medical errors and surgical training. Ergonomics and human factors principles was evaluated. Integrating ergonomics and human-centered design into medical equipment and surgical training can reduce medical errors and improve system usability.
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