Commissioning Clinical Spaces During a Pandemic: Merging Methodologies of Human Factors and Simulation.

Objectives: The objective of this case study is to demonstrate the value of applying tabletop and simulation techniques to highlight high-risk, high-impact outcomes and organizational recommendations in the commissioning of a new clinical spaces.

Purpose/aim: Generalizability of lessons learned from this case study aim to support other health organizations in commissioning of clinical spaces during communicable disease outbreaks.

Background: COVID-19 challenged our healthcare system, requiring teams to prepare in a short span of time.

Optimal Crash Cart Configuration for a Surgical NICU: Utilizing Human Factors Principles.

Background: Neonates admitted to cardiac and surgical neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are at an increased risk of requiring emergency lifesaving interventions that require the use of both Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) algorithms. Clinicians working within the surgical NICU must be able to access emergency equipment and medications quickly in order to respond to critical situations. A crash cart that integrates human factors principles and supports both the NRP and PALS algorithms is necessary to promote patient safety for this high-risk population.

Factors influencing tolerance to d-amphetamine-induced anorexia in rats.

Three experiments were concerned with tolerance to anorexia induced by d-amphetamine. In experiment 1, one group of rats on a 2 hr food deprivation schedule received 2 mg/kg of d-amphetamine 15 min before eating every other day for a month. A second group of rats on a similar schedule received the same dose of d-amphetamine immediately after eating.