Chapter Meeting -- Abbott Laboratories, April 16:
- Please mark your calendars for the next NTC-HFES chapter
meeting which will be hosted by Abbott Laboratories in Irving.
Abbott Diagnostics designs and assembles instruments and
tests assay protocols for medical diagnostic instruments.
These systems are for immunoassay and chemistry analyses
ordered by physicians and may be found in doctors' offices or
full service hospital and diagnostic laboratories.
- Date: Thursday, April 16th
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Abbott Laboratories, 1921 Hurd Drive, Irving TX
(see map)
Dress: Business casual, please wear comfortable walking
shoes with closed heels and closed toes
Restrictions: Cameras not allowed
Donation: $5 per person payable at the meeting
The meeting will include an overview of the Human Factors and
Ergonomics programs at Abbott Laboratories, a summary of the
recent NTC/HFES member survey and a factory tour showing
assembly operations of instruments from subassembly of
components through final assembly, testing and packaging.
Abbott Diagnostics designs and assembles instruments and tests
assay protocols for medical diagnostic instruments. These
systems are for immunoassay and chemistry analyses ordered by
physicians and may be found in doctors' offices or full service
hospital and diagnostic laboratories. The tour will highlight many
ergonomic improvements that have been made over the years
including custom workstations, floor lifts and tool balancer
systems to maintain proper work postures during routine
assembly work.
The meeting also includes a presentation by Ila Elson, Ph.D.,
CPE, Senior Human Factors Engineer with the Core R&D group
at Abbott Labs. An overview follows:
- Over nine million volunteers donated about sixteen million
units of whole blood in the United States in 2006 either at
blood collection centers or hospitals with blood banks.
Each donated unit of blood was tested for infectious
diseases including hepatitis, HIV and other retroviruses
using manual methods or automated testing equipment.
This presentation shares the Human Factors research and
development plan for designing the second generation of
the automated testing equipment. Objectives, activities
and deliverables are suggested for each phase of the
product development life cycle. Human Factors
practitioners in the healthcare industry will find this generic
plan useful in designing medical devices.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
- Also, do you want to speak at an upcoming meeting or host a
meeting, or do you know someone who does? If so, please
send a message to p-schwab@ti.com.
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