title: Tiredness can kill. The real story of fatigue.
abstract: Medical devices are often subjected to repetitive stresses, the magnitude and frequency of which means that they are susceptible to fatigue. This article discusses some of the implications of fatigue and methods for its avoidance.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013997:Time Factors