The importance of equipment design in patient safety (HSIB January 2023)

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In this blog, published by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, Laura Pickup talks about the importance of considering the design of healthcare equipment and how it impacts on risk to patient safety.

She highlights that there is a confusion between ‘use error’ and ‘abnormal use’ and questions whether it is really fair to hold NHS staff accountable when the use of equipment or devices has led to a safety incident.

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