Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review.

F. E Kelly; C. Frerk; C. R Bailey; T. M Cook; K. Ferguson; R. Flin; K. Fong; P. Groom; C. John; A. R Lang; T. Meek; K. L Miller; L. Richmond; N. Sevdalis; M. R Stacey

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Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review.

February 15, 2023

Kelly FE, Frerk C, Bailey CR, et al. Anaesthesia. 2023;78(4):479-490.

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Human factors science focuses on designing systems that make it easy for workers to do the right thing and difficult to do the wrong thing. This narrative review focuses on human factors science in anesthesia. Research is described as it relates to the hierarchy of controls model: design, barriers, mitigations, education, and training.

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