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Trains, Planes and Endoscopes: Using Capability Systems Engineering to reduce hospital‐acquired infections
Author(s) -
O'Neil Meaghan,
Kemp Duncan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2017.00446.x
Subject(s) - train , medical instrumentation , healthcare system , instrumentation (computer programming) , systems engineering , computer science , health care , engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering management , medicine , cartography , economic growth , economics , cardiology , geography , operating system
Abstract Capability Systems Engineering can be used to reduce healthcare‐acquired infections caused by contaminated medical devices. We use examples from rail and defence systems to illustrate how this approach can include operational capabilities and systems of systems. We also provide a demonstration of techniques used to create improvements in the development, regulation and reprocessing of reusable medical devices, and provide a case study of preventing infections associated with endoscopes. This work reflects an ongoing collaboration between INCOSE and the Association for the Advancement for Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). It has been undertaken in support of the AAMI initiative to use a systems approach to reduce healthcare‐acquired infections.