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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Informatics
  • Patient Safety
  • Clinical Workflow Optimization

Background:

  • Blood product ordering is complex and prone to errors, potentially harming patients.
  • Order set design can mitigate errors, but changes may introduce new issues.
  • Improving blood product ordering processes is crucial for patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To iteratively improve a redesigned blood product order set using formative usability testing before implementation.
  • To implement design changes based on user feedback from in situ testing.
  • To compare error rates, usability, and efficiency between the old and new order sets.

Main Methods:

  • Redesigned blood product order sets from scratch, informed by literature and benchmarking.
  • Conducted iterative, in situ formative usability testing with clinical users.
  • Assessed errors, System Usability Scale (SUS) scores, task completion time, and click counts via summative testing.

Main Results:

  • Formative testing led to seven design changes, reducing the error rate at go-live.
  • Summative testing revealed significantly decreased error rates in blood orders.
  • Usability scores showed only slight improvement, but error reduction was substantial.

Conclusions:

  • Early identification and rectification of design errors through usability testing are vital.
  • Usability testing prevents unintended negative consequences of system redesigns.
  • This methodology enhances the safety and efficiency of clinical ordering processes.