Designing for Safe Use : 100 Principles for Making Products Safer (Hardcover)

Foreword. Imperative to Design Safe Medical Products. Guidelines. Anti-Glare Screen. Anti-Tamper Mechanism. Audible Alarm. Audible Feedback. Audio Pause. Automatic Checks. Backup Power. Brakes. Calculators. Change Confirmation. Checklist. Cognitive Mapping. Color-Coding. Concurrent Display. Confirmation Dialog. Conspicuous Expiration Date. Conspicuous Warning. Control and Display Relationship. Damage Resistance. Data Log. Data Refresh Rate. Date Setting. Decimal Alignment. Directional Cue. Easy Cleaning. Easy Opening Package. Elimination of Pinch Points. Embedded Warnings. Emergency Access. Emergency Stop Control. Evidence of Damage. Field Input Example. Figure-Ground Contrast. Flash Rate. Force Tolerance. Graphical Instruction. Handles. Icon and text Labeling. Information Hierarchy. Information Highlighting. Interoperability. Intuitive Grip. Intuitive Symbols. Large Buttons. Large Decimal Point. Latching Alarms. Legible Text. Limited Assembly Requirements. Limited Overrides. Limited Range of Settings. Mechanical interlock. Mimic Diagram. Misconnection Prevention. Mixing Instructions. Needle Guard. No Trailing Zeros. Non-Reliance on Color. Non-Reliance on Memory. Non-Separable Parts. Numbered Steps. Numeric Pad Layout. Online Help. Operating Mode Indication. Passwords. Practice Mode. Predictive Analysis. Progress Indication. Prompts. Quick Reference Guide. QWERTY Keyboard. Redundant Coding. Resistance to Movement. Rounded Edges. Screen Lock. Shape-Coding. Slip-Resistance. Splash Guard. Stability. Status Indication. Tactile Feedback. Tallman Letters. Text Font. Thermal Insulation. Toggle Ambiguity Avoidance. Torque Limited Motors. Troubleshooting Guidance. Undo Option. Units of Measure. Use of Familiar Language. User Manual Index and Table of Contents. User Pacing. Viewing Angle. Viewing Distance. Visual Alarm. Visual Feedback, Voice Commands. Wireless Device Pairing. Exemplary Products