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Pictograms for safer medication handling by health care workers: a validation study in nursing students in Poland [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background and objective Medication use often causes errors that are dangerous to the health of patients. Previous studies indicate that the use of pharmaceutical pictograms can effectively reduce medication errors.
Piotr Merks +8 more
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Pharmaceutical pictograms: User-centred redesign, selection and validation
PEC Innovation, 2023 Objective: In an earlier study, several tested International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) pictograms did not achieve validity among older adults in Singapore.
Rahul Malhotra +8 more
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Evaluation of pharmaceutical pictogram comprehension among adults in the Philippines [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022 Background The use of pharmaceutical pictograms to enhance patients’ understanding of drug regimens has been proven effective in many countries. There are two reference systems for pictograms generally used in pharmacy: the United States Pharmacopeia ...
Margarita M. Gutierrez +2 more
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International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 1998 AbstractThis review examines the use of pictograms in health care. Well designed pictograms are simple, clear, graphic symbols able to convey their intended meaning to all patients, including those who are illiterate, elderly or visually impaired. Although some research on the effectiveness of pictograms has not supported the hypothesis that pictograms
Dowse, Roslind, Ehlers, Martina S
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Instruction Pictograms for Interactive Entertainment
, 2021 With advancements in detection devices and cognitive technology, experience-based displays (exhibits) reacting to user behaviors are gaining popularity. These systems use sensors to recognize users’ upper arm and forearm movements to switch images or the environment in images; however, communicating exactly what user action is required for the display ...
Kei Kobayashi, Junichi Hoshino
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A qualitative study to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders regarding pharmaceutical pictograms in Pakistan [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and PracticeBackground: This qualitative study in Pakistan aims to gather perspectives from health regulators, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and healthcare professionals regarding the implementation of pharmaceutical pictograms.Methods: An exploratory qualitative ...
Kanza Arshad +3 more
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Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics, 2018 This paper tries to explain the importance of graphic representations as pictograms in a global communication. The aim of this study is to represent and discuss about pictograms as different representations all over the world, but using common elements ...
Nicoleta-Elisabeta PASCU, Ph.D. Eng. +3 more
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Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2018 One of the sources of poor health outcomes is the lack of compliance with the prescribed treatment plans, often due to communication barriers between healthcare professionals and patients.
Afonso Cavaco, Cavaco Afonso
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Journal of Safety Science and ResilienceSafety pictograms are essential tools for identifying workplace hazards by providing critical information about health hazard risks, fire safety, emergency evacuation, and accident prevention. Effective safety pictogram training programs are necessary to
Celal Gungor
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European Journal of Psychology Open: Introduction and aim: Pictograms can make taking medication safer. However, little is known about how pictograms on a medication package influence the subjective assessment of a medication. Methods: In this online study, 276 participants were presented
Lea Laasner Vogt +2 more
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