Human factors and operating room safety.
Surg Clin North Am. 2012 Feb;92(1):21-35
Authors: Elbardissi AW, Sundt TM
Abstract
A human factors model is used to highlight the nature of many systems factors that affect surgical performance, including the OR environment, teamwork and communication, technology and equipment, tasks and workload factors, and organizational variables. If further improvements in the success rate and reliability of cardiac surgery are to be realized, interventions need to be developed to reduce the negative impact that work system failures can have on surgical performance. Some recommendations are proposed here; however, several challenges remain.
PMID: 22269258 [PubMed - in process]