Table 5. Task Analysis Results from Direct Observations.
Application Element | Most Frequently Observed Error | HCP Committing Error | ||||||
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | ||
Survey design | Correcting answer selections | NC | C | C | C | |||
Weight-for-height graph interpretation | NC | |||||||
Pulse oximeter | Positioning fingertip probe | NC | ||||||
Launching pulse oximeter | C | NC | NC | |||||
Recording results | NC | NC | NC | |||||
Connecting pulse oximeter hardware | NC | C | ||||||
Breath counter | Launching the breath counter | NC | NC | |||||
IMCI content | Understanding IMCI terminology and subject matter (e.g., stridor, palmar pallor) | C | C | |||||
Software navigation | Launching mPneumonia application | C | ||||||
Minimizing pop-up keyboard | NC | NC | ||||||
Page completion, advancing to next step | NC | NC | C | |||||
Tablet | Turning on tablet | NC | ||||||
Password entry | NC |
Note: HCP-health care provider; NC-noncritical error (noticed by HCP and corrected); C-critical error (unnoticed by HCP)