
PatientSafety
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PatientSafety
@SCReaMSafety
Raising awareness, understanding & application of Human Factors in UK healthcare #HF #TRM #Performance #PsycholSafety #Civility #PatientSafety host @LomaxSuzi






Our response to the recent anesthesia human factors guidelines publication in Anaesthesia, with @SCReaMSafety …-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…




Our latest blog is by @Laurapickup1, who examines equipment design for healthcare. She asks whether NHS staff should be held accountable for the use of devices and equipment leading to patient safety events. Read it now: hsib.org.uk/news-and-event… #NHS #PatientSafety #HumanFactors










@StevenShorrock @Baz_k @haroldthimbleby @eugene_doherty @BrennanSurgeon @RCSnews @HardieSurgery @CIEHF @angelamaxfacs @ASiTofficial @AReed57 We are slowly chipping away at it. Fundamental requirement is producing clear and beneficial examples of application.

@Baz_k @haroldthimbleby @eugene_doherty @BrennanSurgeon @RCSnews @HardieSurgery @CIEHF @angelamaxfacs @ASiTofficial @AReed57 Thing is, there is almost no human factors design and engineering capability in the NHS (fewer than one per 100,000 staff). There is a good understanding of Factors of Humans and Factors Affecting Humans, but not sociotechnical system interaction design humanisticsystems.com/2017/10/07/fou…







