Human factors in anaesthetic practice: Insights from a task analysis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-343

  Phipps, D ^a   Meakin, G H ^b   Beatty, P C W ^a   Nsoedo, C ^a   Parker, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Human error; Risk management; Task analysis; Training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 40949119885     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem392     Document Type: Article

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