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      Managing Gravity Infusion using a Mobile Application

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      Conference name: Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014) (HCI)

      Conference theme: BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)

      Conference date: 9 - 12 September 2014

      Keywords: Human Computer Interaction, Mobile Medical Applications, Gravity Infusion, Intravenous Therapy

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          Gravity infusion, also known as “the drip,” is a common and basic method for delivering fluids to a patient, without the use of any complex medical devices, such as an infusion pump or a syringe driver. Nevertheless there are many quite complex and error-prone steps involved in setting up a gravity infusion for the correct dose, and since there is no computer or similar technology involved to assist with the procedure, it can be difficult to guarantee the accuracy and consistency of the fluid delivery.

          This paper presents a new method for accurately setting gravity infusion drug delivery, based on a handheld mobile application that includes a novel approach to help estimate flow rate and double-check the steps involved in setting it up. We demonstrate how simple visual interfaces can play an important role in the healthcare setting, and we explain safety features that have been implemented to catch common errors and slips that can occur.

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          Reducing number entry errors: solving a widespread, serious problem

           Harold Thimbleby,  Paul Cairns (2010)
          Number entry is ubiquitous: it is required in many fields including science, healthcare, education, government, mathematics and finance. People entering numbers are to be expected to make errors, but shockingly few systems make any effort to detect, block or otherwise manage errors. Worse, errors may be ignored but processed in arbitrary ways, with unintended results. A standard class of error (defined in the paper) is an ‘out by 10 error’, which is easily made by miskeying a decimal point or a zero. In safety-critical domains, such as drug delivery, out by 10 errors generally have adverse consequences. Here, we expose the extent of the problem of numeric errors in a very wide range of systems. An analysis of better error management is presented: under reasonable assumptions, we show that the probability of out by 10 errors can be halved by better user interface design. We provide a demonstration user interface to show that the approach is practical. To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. (Charles Darwin 1879 [2008], p. 229)
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            Calculators are needlessly bad

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              A New Calculator and Why it is Necessary

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                Contributors
                Mark Davies
                Alan Chamberlain
                Harold Thimbleby
                Paul Lee
                Conference
                Publication date: September 2014
                Publication date (Print): September 2014
                Pages: 299-304
                Affiliations
                University of Nottingham

                Nottingham

                NG8 1BB
                University of Swansea

                Swansea

                SA2 8PP
                Singleton Hospital

                Swansea

                SA2 8QA
                DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2014.48
                Copyright statement: © Mark Davies et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014), Southport, UK

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                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                Conference name: Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)
                Conference acronym: HCI
                Conference number: 28
                Conference location: Southport, UK
                Conference date: 9 - 12 September 2014
                Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
                Conference theme: BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2014)
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                Product Information: 1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development
                Self URI (journal page): https://ewic.bcs.org/
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                Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing

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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Applied computer science, Computer science, Security & Cryptology, Graphics & Multimedia design, General computer science, Human-computer-interaction

                Keywords: Mobile Medical Applications, Gravity Infusion, Human Computer Interaction, Intravenous Therapy

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