Measuring attention patterns and expertise of scrub nurses in the operating theatre in relation to reducing errors in surgical counts

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 669-673

  Koh, Ranieri Yung Ing ^a   Yang, Xi ^a   Yin, Shanqing ^a   Ong, Lay Teng ^b   Donchin, Yoel ^c   Park, Taezoon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attention patterns; Expertise; Operating theatre; Retained surgical items; Scrub nurses; Surgical count

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; ERRORS; EYE MOVEMENTS; NURSING; THEATERS;

ATTENTION PATTERNS; EXPERTISE; OPERATING THEATRE; RETAINED SURGICAL ITEMS; SCRUB NURSE; SURGICAL COUNT;

SURGERY;

EID: 77951524064     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524442636508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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