Human Factors Airway Matters

Panel discussion on Human Factors with Prof. Kevin Fong, Prof. Chris Frerk, Dr Fiona Kelly and Clinton John

Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Admin Systems and Safe Discharge

HSIB has identified a significant safety risk posed by the communication and transfer of information between secondary care, primary care and community pharmacy relating to medicines at the time of hospital discharge. A reference event was identified that resulted in...

HEE Human Factors Toolkit

Health Education England have produced a toolkit on Human Factors in Healthcare looking at example of training, simulation and speaking up. Download...

Human Factors in Healthcare

The Chartered Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics have produced a report for Health Education England on Human Factors in Healthcare. Download...

Resilience – One Team’s Trauma

This is a film made by a HEMS team to normalise and educate on the psychological responses clinicians can have to trauma and how to cope.

HSIB Report wrong blood sample

HSIB’s latest report highlights that mislabelling of blood samples could pose a deadly risk to patients.The reference event in the report is a case where patient details became mixed up on blood samples sent from a maternity unit. In the case of mislabelling on...