Use-Related Risk Assessment
Use-Related Risk Assessment
This course aims to provide you with the knowledge, tools, and methods to identify errors that may occur in the use of medical equipment (usability FMEA). Based on this, we will provide you with some tools and techniques on how to approach error reduction and management.
At the end of this course you will to able to:
- Understand the basic concepts of Use Error
- Understand where Use Error fits into the Safety Assurance lifecycle
- Use different techniques for Use Error Identification
- Analyse use errors and estimate error likelihoods
- Specify appropriate and effective error reduction strategies
- Integrate estimated use error into a wider safety / HF assessment
The course comes with a downloadable booklet the accompanies each module.
A certificate of achievement is awarded for successful completion of this course.
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Chris Lowe
Chris has worked in Human Factors Engineering for 30 years in the transport, medical, defence, nuclear, and aviation industries. He is a Fellow and chartered member of the UK Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.