Designing Safety into Ambulances

Designing Safety into Medical Decisions and Clinical Processes

After many years of experimental research software systems to support clinical decisionmaking are now moving into routine clinical practice. Most of the research to date has been on the efficacy of such systems, addressing the question of whether computer systems can significantly improve the quality of doctors' decision-making and patient management processes. The evidence that they can make a...

A preliminary investigation into bacterial contamination of Welsh emergency ambulances.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this regional study across Wales was to perform a preliminary examination of Welsh emergency vehicles to determine levels of bacterial contamination. METHODS Specific sites within emergency vehicles were swabbed, before and after vehicle cleaning, over a 12 month period, on a monthly basis. All swabs were sent to pathology laboratories for culturing and analysis. ...

Designing for Patient Safety

Designing Security into Software

When people talk about software security, they usually refer to security applications such as antivirus software, firewalls and intrusion detection systems. There is little emphasis on the security in the software itself Therefore the thesis sets out to investigate if we can develop secure software in the first place. It first starts with a survey of the software security field, including the d...

Designing Safety-Critical Computer Systems

40 Computer Designing Safety-Critical Computer Systems T he ubiquitous computer is firmly established as the electronic component of choice for designing systems that control safety-critical applications. Such applications can be found everywhere: aircraft fly-by-wire controls, oil and chemical processing, hospital life-support systems, manufacturing robotics, and countless other commercial and...