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Welcome to Sterile Device Packaging on Track podcast. Listen in as we speak with the nation’s leading experts in medical device packaging.The goal of this Podcast is to engender a community of packaging and manufacturing engineers that can pose questions to our panel of SME’s. We will cover all corners of medical device packaging from trending medical device packaging regulatory issues, new packaging technologies, and techniques as well as a host of case studies designed to make your medical device packaging program more robust.We would love to hear your feedback about our program and receive your input and suggestions on how we may improve this podcast. We are working to build a community of enlightened medical device packaging professionals. If you would like to be included in an upcoming episode please feel free to contact us at our website - www.spotradiopodcast.com, or send us an email to info@spotradiopodcast.com.
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Understanding and managing human error risks in critical processes.
Human error is known to be the primary cause of quality and production losses in many industries including medical device manufacturing and medical packaging. In this episode of Sterile Packaging on Track (SPOT) radio host Charlie Webb speaks with Dr. Ginette Collazo a leading Industrial-Organizational Psychologist about how human errors develop and what can be done to manage the human failure risks.
Guest Description:
Ginette Collazo, Ph.D is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist with 20 years of experience that specializes in Engineering Psychology and Human Reliability, disciplines that study the interaction between human behavior and productivity. She has held positions leading training and human reliability programs in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturing Industry.
Nine years ago, Dr. Collazo established Human Error Solutions (HES), a Florida based boutique consulting firm, where she has been able to position herself as one of the few Human Error Reduction Experts in the world. HES, led by Dr. Collazo, developed a unique methodology for human error investigations, cause determination, CA-PA development and effectiveness that has been implemented and proven amongst different industries globally. This scientific method has been applied in critical quality situations and workplace accidents.
Ginette Collazo, Ph. D. is the author of the book Human Error: Root Cause Determination Model, published in 2008. She is also a speaker at significant events like Interphex, FDAnews Annual Conference, Global Conference on Process Safety, International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, and of course, Pharmaceutical Industry Association.
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