User Testing to Improve Retrieval and Comprehension of Information in Guidelines to Improve Medicines Safety.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of user testing for improving healthcare professionals' retrieval and comprehension of information in medicines guidelines.

Methods

The United Kingdom's Injectable Medicines Guide was selected as a case study. This gives guidance to nurses on preparing and administering intravenous medicines on hospital wards, in line with standard UK practice. Three rounds of user testing were completed with 10 hospital nurses per round, using the Injectable Medicines Guide for voriconazole and aminophylline. Participants used the guidelines to answer 17 questions related to the administration of these medicines. Answers were scored for "finding" and "understanding" the required information. Semistructured interviews explor

SUBMITTER: Jones MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612138 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature