Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Using Design to Reduce Medical Error

August 11, 2005

Using Design to Reduce Medical Error

A wristband designed by a London-based design graduate could see hospital patients being tagged to ensure they are given the right medication.

While that like a decent idea I think an even better one is the redesign of the pill bottle. It seems like it would reduce errors but also seems fairly complex.

Target Unveils New Look for Prescription Pill Bottles: audio from NPR - includes a good photo of the improved bottle design.

New Pill Bottle Could Save Lives, MSNBC

The new bottle has a different color-coded band for every member of the family. All grandma’s bottles, for instance, could be coded green. The drug’s name and instructions for use are big and written on flat surfaces, instead of wrapped around a tiny bottle. Additional information about the drug is printed on a card that stays tucked in a space on the bottle, instead of a piece of paper often thrown away.

Target is using the new bottles starting this month and health safety experts hope other companies will adapt similar designs.

by curiouscat Tags: Health Care
Permalink to: Using Design to Reduce Medical Error Trackback: http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2005/08/11/using-design-to-reduce-medical-error/trackback/

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
« Jul				Sep »
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Leave a Reply

Internal Links

Author

Categories

Other

Search Blog

Web Search

Archives

Translate to