The effect of blue-enriched lighting on medical error rate in a university hospital ICU.

Yanjun Chen; Aimee Teo Broman; Geoffrey Priest; Christopher P. Landrigan; Shadab A. Rahman; Steven W. Lockley

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The effect of blue-enriched lighting on medical error rate in a university hospital ICU.

January 27, 2021

Chen Y, Broman AT, Priest G, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2021;47(3):165-175.

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Fatigue among health care workers can increase risk of errors. This study posited that blue-enriched light could promote alertness and attention and thereby reduce medical errors in the ICU; however, the authors did not identify any effect of this intervention on error rates.

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