A look into the nature and causes of human errors in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 294-300

  Donchin, Y ^a   Gopher, D ^a   Olin, M ^a   Badihi, Y ^a   Biesky, M ^a   Sprung, C L ^a   Pizov, R ^a   Cotev, S ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

complications, iatrogenic; critical illness; ergonomics; error, human; healthcare team; human engineering; intensive care unit; mortality rate; patient outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENGINEERING; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028812215     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199502000-00015     Document Type: Article

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