diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 0dd4d243f4..12f7efaff9 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -1927,6 +1927,7 @@ summary::-webkit-details-marker {
 }
 
 .answer-footer-search-input {
+  appearance: none;
   padding-inline: 0.35rem;
   font-size: 16px;
   font-weight: 560;
@@ -1934,6 +1935,11 @@ summary::-webkit-details-marker {
   letter-spacing: 0;
 }
 
+.answer-footer-search-input::-webkit-search-cancel-button,
+.answer-footer-search-input::-webkit-search-decoration {
+  appearance: none;
+}
+
 /* The universal composer form is the visible control and already owns its
    focus-within border + halo. Suppress the nested text field's global focus
    paint so the pill never renders competing or clipped concentric rings. */
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx
index 32cac92f3f..85e7811c75 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/master-search-header.tsx
@@ -2036,6 +2036,7 @@ export function MasterSearchHeader({
               pr-* utility, which let text run under an overlaid button. */}
             <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center overflow-hidden">
               <input
+                type="search"
                 ref={bindQueryInputRef}
                 data-testid="global-search-input"
                 autoFocus={queryInputAutoFocus}
diff --git a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/universal-search-command-surface.tsx b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/universal-search-command-surface.tsx
index 7bb6253a74..12f269ce38 100644
--- a/src/components/clinical-dashboard/universal-search-command-surface.tsx
+++ b/src/components/clinical-dashboard/universal-search-command-surface.tsx
@@ -996,6 +996,11 @@ export function UniversalSearchCommandSurface({
       return;
     }
     if (event.key === "Escape") {
+      // The composer input is `type="search"`, so Chromium treats Escape as the
+      // native "clear the search field" gesture and wipes the query (dispatching
+      // an input event) on the way out. Escape here means "dismiss the dropdown"
+      // and nothing else, so suppress the native behaviour and keep the query.
+      event.preventDefault();
       onDropdownOpenChange(false);
       setActiveIndex(-1);
       return;
diff --git a/src/components/document-viewer/non-pdf-source-preview.tsx b/src/components/document-viewer/non-pdf-source-preview.tsx
index 3318649fa8..59cae7a657 100644
--- a/src/components/document-viewer/non-pdf-source-preview.tsx
+++ b/src/components/document-viewer/non-pdf-source-preview.tsx
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ function InlineImagePreview({
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 bg-[color:var(--surface-inset)] p-2 sm:p-3">
-      <div className="relative w-full min-h-64 overflow-hidden bg-[color:var(--surface-inset)] sm:min-h-72">
+      <div
+        data-testid="non-pdf-image-stage"
+        className="relative h-[clamp(16rem,60vh,36rem)] w-full overflow-hidden bg-[color:var(--surface-inset)] sm:h-[clamp(18rem,60vh,36rem)]"
+      >
         {/* Eager, not lazy: for an image-source document this *is* the document,
             and it sits above the fold. Lazy-loading it puts the largest element
             on the page behind the browser's own lazy threshold and delays LCP
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ function InlineImagePreview({
           decoding="async"
           fetchPriority="high"
           onError={() => setFailed(true)}
-          className="mx-auto max-h-[min(70vh,36rem)] w-full object-contain"
+          className="h-full w-full object-contain"
         />
         <button
           ref={triggerRef}
diff --git a/src/components/factsheets/factsheet-detail-page.tsx b/src/components/factsheets/factsheet-detail-page.tsx
index 317e6077d4..18efd0c465 100644
--- a/src/components/factsheets/factsheet-detail-page.tsx
+++ b/src/components/factsheets/factsheet-detail-page.tsx
@@ -808,9 +808,19 @@ function FactsheetPrintSheet({ factsheet, blocks }: { factsheet: Factsheet; bloc
                 <tbody>
                   {block.items.map((fact) => (
                     <tr key={fact.k}>
-                      <td style={{ padding: "5px 8px", border: "1px solid #ddd", color: "#555", width: "40%" }}>
+                      <th
+                        scope="row"
+                        style={{
+                          padding: "5px 8px",
+                          border: "1px solid #ddd",
+                          color: "#555",
+                          width: "40%",
+                          textAlign: "left",
+                          fontWeight: 400,
+                        }}
+                      >
                         {fact.k}
-                      </td>
+                      </th>
                       <td style={{ padding: "5px 8px", border: "1px solid #ddd", fontWeight: 600, color: "#111" }}>
                         {fact.v}
                       </td>
diff --git a/src/components/ward-management/ward-management-modes.tsx b/src/components/ward-management/ward-management-modes.tsx
index 9b0d1e6ef5..67b3b636af 100644
--- a/src/components/ward-management/ward-management-modes.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ward-management/ward-management-modes.tsx
@@ -439,13 +439,13 @@ function QueueView({ role }: { role: WardRole }) {
         <table className={styles.dataTable}>
           <thead>
             <tr>
-              <th>Patient</th>
-              <th>Priority</th>
-              <th>Wait</th>
-              <th>Need</th>
-              <th>Health service</th>
-              <th>Blocker</th>
-              <th>Top candidate</th>
+              <th scope="col">Patient</th>
+              <th scope="col">Priority</th>
+              <th scope="col">Wait</th>
+              <th scope="col">Need</th>
+              <th scope="col">Health service</th>
+              <th scope="col">Blocker</th>
+              <th scope="col">Top candidate</th>
             </tr>
           </thead>
           <tbody>
@@ -515,11 +515,11 @@ function CapacityView() {
       <table className={styles.dataTable}>
         <thead>
           <tr>
-            <th>Unit</th>
-            <th>Health service</th>
-            <th>Capability cue</th>
-            <th>Five bed states</th>
-            <th>Freshness</th>
+            <th scope="col">Unit</th>
+            <th scope="col">Health service</th>
+            <th scope="col">Capability cue</th>
+            <th scope="col">Five bed states</th>
+            <th scope="col">Freshness</th>
           </tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
diff --git a/tests/document-viewer-non-pdf-preview.dom.test.tsx b/tests/document-viewer-non-pdf-preview.dom.test.tsx
index 768dbd49f0..147cf82637 100644
--- a/tests/document-viewer-non-pdf-preview.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/document-viewer-non-pdf-preview.dom.test.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ describe("DocumentViewer non-PDF image preview", () => {
     );
 
     expect(screen.queryByTestId("image-lightbox")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("non-pdf-image-stage")).toHaveClass(
+      "h-[clamp(16rem,60vh,36rem)]",
+      "sm:h-[clamp(18rem,60vh,36rem)]",
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByRole("img", { name: "Clinical chart" })).toHaveClass("h-full", "w-full", "object-contain");
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Expand image: Clinical chart" }));
     expect(await screen.findByTestId("image-lightbox")).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByTestId("image-lightbox-stage")).toHaveAttribute("data-source-mode", "url");
diff --git a/tests/factsheet-detail-header.dom.test.tsx b/tests/factsheet-detail-header.dom.test.tsx
index 43fa06631e..d0e72818e3 100644
--- a/tests/factsheet-detail-header.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/factsheet-detail-header.dom.test.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ describe("factsheet detail header", () => {
     expect(within(printPortal as HTMLElement).getAllByRole("heading", { level: 2 }).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   });
 
+  it("associates printable fact values with row headers", () => {
+    renderFactsheet("sertraline");
+    const printPortal = document.querySelector(".factsheet-print-portal");
+    expect(printPortal).not.toBeNull();
+
+    // Assert per row, not over the set of headers that happen to exist: a fact row
+    // rendered with no row header at all would leave its value unassociated in a
+    // screen reader, and a headers-only assertion passes straight over it.
+    const rows = within(printPortal as HTMLElement).getAllByRole("row");
+    expect(rows.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      const rowHeaders = within(row).getAllByRole("rowheader");
+      expect(rowHeaders).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(rowHeaders[0]).toHaveAttribute("scope", "row");
+    }
+  });
+
   it("names the way back without spending the row on its label", () => {
     renderFactsheet("sertraline");
     const back = screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Back to all factsheets" });
diff --git a/tests/mode-menu-prefetch.dom.test.tsx b/tests/mode-menu-prefetch.dom.test.tsx
index 1a12cf09d1..229dfc3890 100644
--- a/tests/mode-menu-prefetch.dom.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/mode-menu-prefetch.dom.test.tsx
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ describe("mode menu destination prefetch", () => {
     window.localStorage.clear();
   });
 
+  it("exposes the shared composer as a semantic search input", () => {
+    render(<MasterSearchHeader {...headerProps()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("global-search-input")).toHaveAttribute("type", "search");
+  });
+
   it("keeps calculator submission enabled when document data is unavailable", async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     const onAsk = vi.fn();
diff --git a/tests/ui-universal-search.spec.ts b/tests/ui-universal-search.spec.ts
index 05da62d9ae..debf6acab5 100644
--- a/tests/ui-universal-search.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/ui-universal-search.spec.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,22 @@ test.describe("universal search typeahead", () => {
     expect(await input.getAttribute("aria-activedescendant")).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  test("Escape dismisses the dropdown without erasing the typed query", async ({ page }) => {
+    // The composer input is `type="search"`, whose native Chromium Escape gesture
+    // clears the field. Escape must only dismiss the dropdown; the query stays put
+    // so a reader can reopen or edit it instead of retyping from scratch.
+    await mockUniversalSearch(page);
+    const input = await openComposer(page);
+    await input.fill("acamprosate");
+
+    const listbox = page.getByRole("listbox", { name: "Documents search suggestions" });
+    await expect(listbox).toBeVisible();
+
+    await input.press("Escape");
+    await expect(listbox).toBeHidden();
+    await expect(input).toHaveValue("acamprosate");
+  });
+
   test("does not count document-only hits as visible Medication rows", async ({ page }) => {
     await page.route(/\/api\/search\/universal(?:\?.*)?$/, async (route) => {
       await fulfillUniversalSearch(route, {
diff --git a/tests/ward-management.test.ts b/tests/ward-management.test.ts
index b81f490e8f..14f8e91805 100644
--- a/tests/ward-management.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ward-management.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { movementById, wardMovements } from "../src/components/ward-management/w
 import { NOW_ANCHOR, allUnits } from "../src/components/ward-management/ward-sites";
 import { toolCatalogRecordById } from "../src/lib/tools-catalog";
 
+const modesSource = readFileSync("src/components/ward-management/ward-management-modes.tsx", "utf8");
+
 /**
  * The mode strip renders one literal `<Link href="...">` per view so
  * `tests/route-reachability.test.ts` can find the hrefs by static AST scan. Reading the
@@ -23,6 +25,11 @@ function routeFileFor(href: string) {
 }
 
 describe("Ward Flow synthetic prototype", () => {
+  it("declares every queue and capacity header as a column header", () => {
+    expect(modesSource.match(/<th scope="col">/g)).toHaveLength(12);
+    expect(modesSource).not.toMatch(/<th>/);
+  });
+
   it("keeps the production route reachable from the Tools catalogue", () => {
     expect(toolCatalogRecordById("ward-management").href).toBe("/ward-management");
   });