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BS 8888 is the British standard for technical product documentation, specifications, and engineering drawings that covers all the symbology and information needed on drawings. It is based on international ISO standards and aims to improve accessibility to their key requirements by including much of their content directly in BS 8888. The latest 2020 revision of BS 8888 restructures and updates the standard with new sections on welding symbols and surface textures to better reflect how the information will be used in engineering practice.

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BS 8888 is the British standard for technical product documentation, specifications, and engineering drawings that covers all the symbology and information needed on drawings. It is based on international ISO standards and aims to improve accessibility to their key requirements by including much of their content directly in BS 8888. The latest 2020 revision of BS 8888 restructures and updates the standard with new sections on welding symbols and surface textures to better reflect how the information will be used in engineering practice.

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What’s in BS 8888:2020?

BS 8888 is the British standard developed by the BSI Group for


technical product documentation, geometric product specification,
geometric tolerance specification and engineering drawings.

The standard covers all of the symbology and information that engineers
and designers need to include on their drawings, be they manually
produced (2D) or in 3D, created using CAD systems and 3D modelling
(computer-aided design).

BS 8888 is based on the ISO GPS system of product specification


standards and the ISO TPD technical product documentation standards.
Its use results in improved productivity, reduced costs and enhanced
quality.

What’s new about BS 8888:2020?


This revision includes new and updated material from recently revised
international standards
It adds a section on welding symbols and how they are used on
engineering drawings and an enhanced surface texture section,
providing fuller requirements for surface texture specification
The document has been restructured making it easier to find key
information and improving the flow of requirements to reflect how they
will be used by designers and engineers in practice.
 BS 8888 got off to a very rocky start, as much of industry expected
it to be a kind of new, improved BS 308, and instead, found that it
consisted of little more than a long list of ISO standards, and gave
virtually no guidance on how to produce a specification. Where
BS 308 had provided guidance, explanations and examples on
various topics, BS 8888 simply listed the ISO standards which now
dealt with that topic. It was in effect just an expensive shopping
list.

In recent years, BSI have changed their approach to BS 8888. Instead


of just listing the ISO standards which deal with a subject, BS 8888, in
many areas, now reproduces much of the content of those ISO
standards. The aim of the standard is no longer simply to index the ISO
system, but also to make directly available much of the key material of
the ISO standards directly, all in one place. The objective of the team
responsible for BS 8888 is that 90% of the material that most engineers,
designers and technicians require regular access to can be found
directly within BS 8888. In this way, the standard seeks to make the ISO
system much more accessible and far more useable. The first revision to
take a major step in this direction was the 2013 revision. Two more
revisions have been published sine then, each taking this approach
furthere. The latest version is BS 8888:2020. In some ways, BS 8888
has returned to its BS 308 roots, and is once again a document which
provides rules, definitions and guidance for those involved in creating or
interpreting technical specifications.

Compare between BS308 and BS8888:


how human factor as an individual or as a team affect the
performance of engineering processes?

 Human factors engineering is the discipline that attempts to


identify and address these issues. It is the discipline that takes into
account human strengths and limitations in the design of
interactive systems that involve people, tools and technology, and
work environments to ensure safety, effectiveness, and ease of use.
A human factors engineer examines a particular activity in terms
of its component tasks, and then assesses the physical demands,
skill demands, mental workload, team dynamics, aspects of the
work environment (e.g., adequate lighting, limited noise, or other
distractions), and device design required to complete the task
optimally. In essence, human factors engineering focuses on how
systems work in actual practice, with real and fallible human
beings at the controls, and attempts to design systems that optimize
safety and minimize the risk of error in complex environments.
 Human factors engineering has long been used to improve safety
in many industries outside of health care—it has been employed to
analyze errors in aviation, automobiles, and the Three Mile Island
nuclear power plant accident. Its application to health care is
relatively recent; pioneering studies of human factors
in anesthesia were integral to the redesign of anesthesia
equipment, significantly reducing the risk of injury or death in the
operating room.
 Yet, collaboration is essential because individuals come from a
variety of backgrounds and experiences. Because of the
encouragement from the team members, more ideas will be
developed and productivity will also rise. assemble all of the
created ideas, then select the best one or combine some ideas to
come up with a better idea.
Applications of Human Factors Engineering to Improving Safety:

 Usability testing—Human factors engineers test new systems and


equipment under real-world conditions as much as possible, in order
to identify potential problems and unintended consequences of new
technology.

 Forcing functions—An aspect of a design that prevents an


unintended or undesirable action from being performed or allows its
performance only if another specific action is performed first. For
example, automobiles are now designed so that the driver cannot
shift into reverse without first putting his or her foot on the brake
pedal. Forcing functions need not involve device design. One of the
first forcing functions identified in health care was the removal
of concentrated potassium from general hospital wards.

 Standardization—An axiom of human factors engineering is that


equipment and processes should be standardized whenever possible,
in order to increase reliability, improve information flow, and
minimize cross-training needs. Standardizing equipment across
clinical settings.

 Resiliency efforts—Given that unexpected events are likely to occur,


attention needs to be given to their detection and mitigation before
they worsen. Rather than focus on error and design efforts to
preclude it, resiliency approaches tap into the dynamic aspects of risk
management, exploring how organizations anticipate and adapt to
changing conditions and recover from system anomalies. Building on
insights from high-reliability organizations, complex adaptive
systems, and resourceful providers at the point of care, resilience is
viewed as a critical system property, reflecting the organization's
capacity to bounce back in the face of continuing pressures and
challenges when the margins of safety have become thin.

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