Healthcare safety: The impact of disabling "safety" protocols

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 693-698

  Dierks, Meghan M ^a   Christian, Caprice K ^b   Roth, Emilie M ^c   Sheridan, Thomas B ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Roth Cognitive Engineering   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGERY;

ADVERSE EVENTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY PROTOCOLS; TASK ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 7444242803     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2004.836785     Document Type: Article

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