Automation failures and patient safety.

Keith J. Ruskin; Anna Clebone Ruskin; Michael O’Connor

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Automation failures and patient safety.

December 2, 2020

Ruskin KJ, Ruskin AC, O’Connor M. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2020;33(6):788-792.

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Task automation in medicine is a core safety tactic that can also create new opportunities for error. This review examines automation failures in anesthesiology. The authors suggest that competency training and demonstration should be embraced to ensure safe use of automated medical equipment such as infusion pumps and electronic health records.

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