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Human Factors Engineering Contributions to Infection Prevention and Control
Frank A Drews1, Lindsay C Visnovsky1, Jeanmarie Mayer1
1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
Human Factors
|March 19, 2019
Summary
Human Factors Engineering (HFE) offers solutions for infection prevention and control challenges in healthcare. Applying HFE principles can enhance patient safety and reduce healthcare-associated infections.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Safety
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Human Factors Engineering
Background:
- Healthcare-associated infections pose critical risks to patients and staff.
- Emerging life-threatening infections increase the urgency for effective control measures.
- Human Factors Engineering (HFE) has potential but limited adoption in infection control.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review challenges in infection prevention and control.
- To describe successful Human Factors Engineering (HFE) approaches.
- To discuss future implications and recommendations for HFE in research.
Main Methods:
- Literature review synthesizing recent research.
- Integration and synthesis of HFE-based approaches.
- Focus on three specific infection prevention and control challenges.
Main Results:
- HFE provides frameworks and methods to improve infection control.
- Successful HFE applications address key challenges in the field.
- HFE is positioned to support infection prevention and enhance healthcare safety.
Conclusions:
- HFE has significant potential to enhance infection prevention and control.
- Applying HFE-based recommendations can address current challenges.
- HFE integration can lead to improved overall healthcare safety.
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