@article{5110,
  keywords = {Human error, Human factors, Patient safety},
  author = {Pascale Carayon and Anping Xie and Sarah Kianfar},
  title = {Human factors and ergonomics as a patient safety practice.},
  abstract = {<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Human factors and ergonomics (HFE) approaches to patient safety have addressed five different domains: usability of technology; human error and its role in patient safety; the role of healthcare worker performance in patient safety; system resilience; and HFE systems approaches to patient safety.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>A review of various HFE approaches to patient safety and studies on HFE interventions was conducted.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>This paper describes specific examples of HFE-based interventions for patient safety. Studies show that HFE can be used in a variety of domains.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>HFE is a core element of patient safety improvement. Therefore, every effort should be made to support HFE applications in patient safety.</p>},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {BMJ Qual Saf},
  volume = {23},
  pages = {196-205},
  month = {03/2014},
  issn = {2044-5423},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjqs-2013-001812},
  language = {eng},
}