Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Main Category: information errors

Detailed category: misread, mismeasure, misinterpret

• Make labels easy-to-read
• Eliminate transcriptions
• Distinguish related items by color (color coding)
• Makes subtle distinctions obvious with organization and information
• Use graphics to simplify or clarify complexity and make interpretation easy
• Look-alike items must have distinctive labeling
• Provide information in units needed (avoid conversions)
• Make location of supplies accuated and obvious
• Check for compliance to specification limits
• Print a required dimension guide on the worksheet
• Processes are designed to be standard operations
• Automate the execution
• Print information once