Avoiding a second wave of medical errors: the importance of human factors in the context of a pandemic.

Rodrigo Tejos; Alfonso Navia; Alvaro Cuadra; Oscar F Fernandez-Diaz; Juan Enrique Berner

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Avoiding a second wave of medical errors: the importance of human factors in the context of a pandemic.

August 26, 2020

Tejos R, Navia A, Cuadra A, et al. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2020;44(5):1926-1928.

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Using a case of mislabeled lab specimens as an example, this article highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the delivery of healthcare services and the role of human factors in identifying and preventing medical errors.

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