Designing Simple Instructions for Medical Products

This book presents core principles pertaining to narrative and graphical content and explores the nuances of making instructions - an important part of a medical product's user interface - safe, effective, and satisfying to use. it presents many design principles in an artful manner, replete with interesting, real-world examples.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 Development Steps 3 Design Considerations 4 Writing Considerations 5 Illustration Considerations 6 Production Considerations 7 Exemplars 8 Resources

About the author

Michael Wiklund is an internationally recognized human factors engineering expert with more than 40 years of experience. He has authored several books about designing products for safe, effective, and satisfying use. He co-founded and serves as a Principal Consultant in the human factors practice at Emergo by UL, is a Professor of the Practice at Tufts University, and frequently speaks at industry events focused on safety.
Jonathan Kendler is a user interface designer and human factors engineer with more than 20 years of experience. He has designed user interfaces for various safety-critical products, including dialysis machines, robotic surgical systems, and infusion pumps
Katelynn Larson received a Bachelor of Arts in English/ Communications from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She is currently a technical writer with Emergo by UL.

Product details

• Authors: Kendler Jonathan, Katelynn Larson, Michael Kendler Wiklund, Wiklund Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 13.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032722894
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3272289-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; Science: general issues, COMPUTERS / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), COMPUTERS / Logic Design, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, Biology, life sciences, Information visualization, Information technology: general issues, Engineering: general, Biomedical engineering, Computer architecture & logic design, COMPUTERS / Computer Architecture, Information technology: general topics, Computer architecture and logic design, Regulation of medicines and medical devices, Regulation Of Medicines & Medical Devices, Hydraulic Engineering, Ergonomics, Biomedical engineering / Medical engineering