Instructions for COVID-19 self-tests
Open Access
- 25 October 2022
- journal article
- Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company in Identifying Information and Tenor in Texts
- Vol. 27 (1), 126-139
- https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.22011.wal
Abstract
This paper summarises a cross-disciplinary project that explored ways of making instructions, funded as part of the UK COVID-19 rapid-response initiative. The project explored ways of making instructions for COVID-19 Lateral Flow Tests easy for lay people to use. Our method comprised rapid design decision making, where we used existing research, good practice in information design and consultation with diagnostic experts as part of the design process. Iterative review by a panel of users informed the development of prototype instructions: small studies investigated user preference for diagrams, and gathered feedback on the graphic articulation of the procedural steps involved in carrying out the test.Keywords
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