The Q community welcomed colleagues from Patient Safety and Human Factors & Ergonomics in a workshop presented by the Clinical Human Factors Group in collaboration with the Health Foundation. Nikki Davey (Qi member & Charity Trustee) presented a timeline for...
The latest Anesthesia Safety Network Newsletter has been launched, we were delighted the Frederic Martin and Francois Jaulin could join us in London at the Safer Healthcare by Design conference in June. If you would like to see the interview with Martin...
If a healthcare worker makes a mistake using a piece of medical equipment and it causes harm to a patient there is usually a call for that person to be retrained (or suspended or dismissed) If lots of different healthcare workers working in lots of different hospitals...
The latest Anaesthesia Safety Network Newsletter has been launched. Fredieric Martin talks to Rob Hackett who runs the PSNetwork plus there are some excellent case studies. Click here to view the Newsletter.
Rebus Medical spoke to Consultant Anaesthetist Professor Chris Frerk about his interest in Human Factors, its patient safety benefits and the power it may have to influence procurement decisions. Chris Frerk is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Chair of the Medical...
Could Human factors and ergonomics help provide the scientific evidence to determine what ‘high quality’ products are?
Lauren Morgan from the Patient Safety Academy discusses the new GMC Human Factors training programme
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The Chartered Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics have published their White Paper
by Rachel Wood RGN
Assumptions are often made based upon an individual’s job title rather than their skills and competence.