Simple Step Add-in to Improve Patient Safety: A Technical Note
| Autor: | Elham A Elgabaly, Haidar Alfuqaha, Ling Hong Lee, Sattar Alshryda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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safety
media_common.quotation_subject medical quality 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ampules 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety 0302 clinical medicine Pediatric Surgery human errors Anesthesiology Reading (process) Health care Medicine Simple (philosophy) media_common business.industry Medical quality General Engineering Workload Technical note Quality Improvement Identification (information) Risk analysis (engineering) operating room business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Human factors and systems factors can affect surgical performance, including the operating room (OR) environment, teamwork and communication, technology and equipment, tasks and workload factors, and organizational variables. Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical errors that often lead to adverse healthcare events. We are highlighting a potential error and hazardous situation, which may occur due to the difficulty in reading the embossed letters of some ampoules because of the typeface of these ampoules. This problem is particularly important in the ORs, which require special sterile conditions. We are adding a simple step to help in the differentiation between plastic, embossed ampoules. This simple and easy-to-do step makes it possible for accurate and correct identification, without jeopardizing the safety of the patients and health care professionals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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