Testing News
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Tech Talk - Fixed Volume Pumps For PCR Testing
1/13/2022
Molecular diagnostics is increasingly used for the rapid detection and identification of existing and emerging pathogens. The need for rapid results has required testing to move from normal settings, such as physician’s offices, to smaller, more widespread, and often temporary point of care (POC) locations.
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Medical Device Design & Manufacturing Challenges: 2020 And Beyond
3/9/2020
Medical device manufacturers and designers must overcome various challenges to succeed in an expanding global marketplace, challenged along the way by aspects of design, research, validation, and bringing their devices to a competitive market in a cost-effective manner.
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Five Things Medical Device Engineers Should Know About User Research
2/23/2018
Insight on how engineers can gain an understanding of how the process works and how they can participate productively.
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Incorporating Stress Into User Testing
8/1/2017
How do you design a usability test that mimics the panicked, stressful situation that a user may be in when he or she is using your medical device in the real world?
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The Case For Formative Human Factors Testing
10/4/2016
Because the validation test is required human factors testing, it can be tempting to skip over preliminary human factors activities during the development process. However, this approach is problematic from both a device usability and a safety standpoint.
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How To Use Reliability-Based Life Testing Sampling For Process Validation
8/10/2016
The first article in this series, Risk-Based Approaches To Establishing Sample Sizes For Process Validation (June 2016) provided and established the relationship between risk and sample size. This article will demonstrate the use of reliability-based life testing for process validation.
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How To Know You've Passed Validation Testing (And What To Do If You Haven't)
5/27/2015
When studies are successful, human factors (HF) validation can be as straightforward as checking off the boxes on a study protocol. If all the pieces of testing don’t come together as planned, however, HF validation can be a complicated endeavor. At the recent HFES Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, we shared our thoughts on how to know whether or not you’ve cleared that last hurdle.
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Reduce Risk With Exploratory Medical Device Software Testing
1/16/2015
More and more medical devices have some sort of software component to them. The teams responsible for testing this software often rely on scripted testing, both manual and automated, to decrease the risk of defects in a product under development. The problem with this approach is that scripted testing is not meant to identify error conditions in scenarios that significantly deviate from the design or requirements, even if a comprehensive risk management plan is followed. To find these hidden or divergent risks, you need to go off script, and that’s where adding exploratory testing can help.
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New White Paper Assists Medical Device Manufacturers With Changes To FDA Endotoxin Testing Guidelines
10/24/2012
A new white paper is available to assist medical device manufacturers with understanding recent changes to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) thinking regarding endotoxin testing. The paper is available to download from the Web at http://www.microtestlabs.com/medical-device-endotoxin-testing-paper
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Evaluating The Increase And Distribution Of Temperature During Dental Drilling Using A Thermal Imaging Camera
In some cases, the rotary speeds from dental drills can cause dangerously high temperatures, which can permanently damage bone tissue as they increase the denaturation of hard tissue proteins. This article discusses research on drilling techniques in a lab setting.