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Clinical benefits and costs of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service. (2021)
Journal Article
BUGEJA, S.J., STEWART, D. and VOSPER, H. 2021. Clinical benefits and costs of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 17(10), pages 1758-1763. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.01.009

Background: The enrolment of patients to an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service can be a means of mitigating financial burdens related to the provision of care and optimisation of hospital bed management. Objective: This study... Read More about Clinical benefits and costs of an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service..

The application of a human factors approach to the evaluation of a novel outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service in Malta. (2020)
Thesis
BUGEJA, S.J. 2020. The application of a human factors approach to the evaluation of a novel outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service in Malta. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1357920

The application of a human factors approach to healthcare has been gaining traction ever since its first mention in the early 1960s. The need for this synergistic collaboration stems from the poor safety and quality outcomes that have been plaguing t... Read More about The application of a human factors approach to the evaluation of a novel outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service in Malta..

Staff team perceptions of the Maltese outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service. (2020)
Presentation / Conference
BUGEJA, S.J., STEWART, D. and VOSPER, H. [2020]. Staff team perceptions of the Maltese outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service. In Charles, R. and Golightly, D. (eds.). Contemporary ergonomics and human factors 2020: proceedings of the 2020 Ergonomics and human factors conference (EHF 2020), co-located with the 13th International organisational design and management conference (ODAM 2020), 27-29 April 2020, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. Birmingham: CIEHF [online]. Available from: https://publications.ergonomics.org.uk/uploads/Staff-team-perceptions-of-the-Maltese-outpatient-parenteral-antimicrobial-therapy-service.pdf

The Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service was developed to cater for hospitalised patients receiving antimicrobial treatment and who are stable enough to be discharged to an outpatient or home setting. The authors have used the S... Read More about Staff team perceptions of the Maltese outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service..

An ergonomic assessment of small boat lobster fishing. (2019)
Conference Proceeding
DUGUID, A. and VOSPER, H. 2019. An ergonomic assessment of small boat lobster fishing. In Charles, R. and Golightly, D. (eds) Contemporary ergonomics and human factors 2019: proceedings of the Ergonomics and human factors 2019 (EHF 2019), 29 April - 1 May 2019, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. Birmingham : CIEHF [online]. Available from: https://publications.ergonomics.org.uk/publications/an-ergonomic-assessment-of-small-boat-lobster-fishing.html

Fishing is a high-risk occupation: among these risks is the high frequency of work-related musculoskeletal injury. While the industry is regulated world-wide, the safety focus is on larger vessels, which is significant given that the vast majority of... Read More about An ergonomic assessment of small boat lobster fishing..

Human factors approaches to evaluating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services: a systematic review. (2019)
Journal Article
BUGEJA, S.J., STEWART, D., STRATH, A. and VOSPER, H. 2020. Human factors approaches to evaluating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services: a systematic review. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 16(5), pages 614-627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.08.009

Background: The expansion in terms of available treatment options and models of care has led to a growing global momentum for outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services. A systematic review was undertaken to explore Human Factors aspects relati... Read More about Human factors approaches to evaluating outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy services: a systematic review..

Comparing apples with apples: hierarchical task analysis as a simple systems framework to improve patient safety. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
HIGNETT, S., BANERJEE, J., PICKUP, L., LANG, A., OLDFIELD, E. and VOSPER, H. 2019. Comparing apples with apples: hierarchical task analysis as a simple systems framework to improve patient safety. Presented at 2019 Healthcare ergonomics and patient safety international conference (HEPS 2019), 3-5 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal.

Changing healthcare culture to improve patient safety is the goal of healthcare systems across the world. However the proliferation of Human Factors/Ergonomics (HFE) systems methods may be limiting the embedding of improvements as well-established me... Read More about Comparing apples with apples: hierarchical task analysis as a simple systems framework to improve patient safety..

Adopting the International Standard 'Becoming a human-centred organization (ISO 27500)' supports a strategic approach to internationalisation. (2019)
Book Chapter
VOSPER, H. 2019. Adopting the International Standard ' Becoming a human-centred organization (ISO 27500)' supports a strategic approach to internationalisation. In Hoffman, J., Blessinger, P. and Makhanya, M. (eds.) Strategies for fostering inclusive classrooms in higher education: international perspectives on equity and inclusion. Innovations in higher education teaching and learning, 16. Bingley: Emerald [online], pages 233-249. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120190000016018

Educational development is increasingly focussed on quality assurance and enhancement. Individual states/countries have their own mechanisms for assuring the student experience, and this has been accompanied by development of tools (including the UK’... Read More about Adopting the International Standard 'Becoming a human-centred organization (ISO 27500)' supports a strategic approach to internationalisation..

The NHS health check for developing HFE competencies. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
VOSPER, H., BOWIE, P. and HIGNETT, S. 2018. The NHS health check for developing HFE competencies. In Charles, R. and Wilkinson, J. (eds.) Contemporary ergonomics and human factors 2018: proceedings of the Ergonomic and human factors conference 2018 (EHF 2018), 23-25 April 2018, Birmingham, UK. Birmingham: Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors [online], pages 31-37. Available from: https://publications.ergonomics.org.uk/publications/the-nhs-health-check-for-developing-hfe-competencies.html

Patient safety is an emergent property of complex sociotechnical healthcare systems. Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE), with its design-based systems focus, offers frameworks for developing resilient systems, although use in healthcare has been limi... Read More about The NHS health check for developing HFE competencies..

Creative 'tips' to integrate human factors/ergonomics principles and methods with patient safety and quality improvement clinical education. (2018)
Conference Proceeding
VOSPER, H., HIGHNETT, S. and BOWIE, P. 2018. Creative 'tips' to integrate human factors/ergonomics principles and methods with patient safety and quality improvement clinical education. In Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T. and Fujita, Y. (eds.) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), 26-30 August 2018, Florence, Italy. Advances in intelligent systems and computing, 818. Cham: Springer [online], volume 1: healthcare ergonomics, pages 97-101. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96098-2_14

The goal of these 12 tips is to enhance the effectiveness of safety and improvement work in frontline healthcare practice by providing a framework for integration of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) theory and approaches within undergraduate curric... Read More about Creative 'tips' to integrate human factors/ergonomics principles and methods with patient safety and quality improvement clinical education..

A UK perspective on human factors and patient safety education in pharmacy curricula. (2018)
Journal Article
VOSPER, H. and HIGNETT, S. 2018. A UK perspective on human factors and patient safety education in pharmacy curricula. American journal of pharmaceutical education [online], 82(3), article number 6184. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe6184

Objective: - To take a systematic approach to exploring patient safety teaching in health care curricula, particularly in relation to how educators ensure students achieve patient safety competencies. Findings: - There is a lack of formally articulat... Read More about A UK perspective on human factors and patient safety education in pharmacy curricula..

Safety in healthcare: the pharmacy legislative framework and patient safety. (2018)
Journal Article
VOSPER, H. and HIGNETT, S.M. 2018. Safety in healthcare: the pharmacy legislative framework and patient safety. Journal of personal injury law [online], 1, pages 16-22. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

Considers how the legislative framework governing pharmaceuticals can have an impact on patient safety. Discusses key aspects of the healthcare system, the characteristics of a high reliability organisation (HRO), and the role of just culture. Examin... Read More about Safety in healthcare: the pharmacy legislative framework and patient safety..

Twelve tips for embedding human factors and ergonomics principles in healthcare education. (2017)
Journal Article
VOSPER, H., HIGNETT, S. and BOWIE, P. 2018. Twelve tips for embedding human factors and ergonomics principles in healthcare education. Medical teacher [online], 40(4), pages 357-363. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1387240

Safety and improvement efforts in healthcare education and practice are often limited by inadequate attention to human factors/ergonomics (HFE) principles and methods. Integration of HFE theory and approaches within undergraduate curricula, postgradu... Read More about Twelve tips for embedding human factors and ergonomics principles in healthcare education..

Human subjects research regulation: perspectives on the future. (2017)
Journal Article
VOSPER, H. 2017. Human subjects research regulation: perspectives on the future. Ergonomics [online], 60(12), pages 1766-1767. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2017.1332803

This book is the 43rd in a series entitled ‘Basic bioethics’, and is intended to make work in bioethics accessible to a broad audience. This volume looks at the regulations safeguarding research involving human participants, and explores the legislat... Read More about Human subjects research regulation: perspectives on the future..

Patient related factors affecting adherence to antimalarial medication in an urban estate in Ghana. (2015)
Journal Article
AMPONSAH, A.O., VOSPER, H. and MARFO, A.F.A., 2015. Patient related factors affecting adherence to antimalarial medication in an urban estate in Ghana. Malaria research and treatment [online], 2015, Article ID 452539. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/452539

Our aim was to measure the adherence to Artemisinin based Combination Therapy and to determine patient related factors that affect adherence. Three hundred (300) patients receiving ACT treatment dispensed from the community pharmacy were randomly sel... Read More about Patient related factors affecting adherence to antimalarial medication in an urban estate in Ghana..

Studies to determine the mechanisms of the anti-atherosclerotic effects of eicosapentaenoic acid: possible role for endocannabinoids? (2012)
Thesis
MICHEL, L. 2012. Studies to determine the mechanisms of the anti-atherosclerotic effects of eicosapentaenoic acid: possible role for endocannabinoids? Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have been shown to have cardioprotective and antiatherosclerotic actions. While it has been proposed that ω-3 PUFAs may structurally stabi... Read More about Studies to determine the mechanisms of the anti-atherosclerotic effects of eicosapentaenoic acid: possible role for endocannabinoids?.