Innovation: From Bedside to Biodesign, Nurses Lead the Way
UCLA Biodesign Program Director Onike Williams with UCLA Biodesign Accelerator fellows Janar Bauirjan and Francis Soriano, who helped lead the development of the U-SNAP IV-line organizer.
UCLA Health nurses are trained to lead with their minds as well as their hearts, as evidenced by a new product conceived and designed by nurses, for nurses. U-SNAP is a versatile snap-band IV-line organizer, designed to improve patient safety and streamline workflow by managing lines efficiently. The product is being refined through usability testing in clinical environments with nurses and patients.
The concept for U-SNAP emerged from the Research and Innovation Council’s first-ever nurse innovation sprint, led by Onike Williams, MSN, NP-C, program director for the UCLA Biodesign Program. In this program, bedside nurses engaged in a short period of brainstorming solutions to common problems they encountered on their floors.