Human factors in anaesthetic practice: insights from a task analysis.

D. Phipps; G. H. Meakin; P. C W Beatty; C. Nsoedo; D. Parker

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Human factors in anaesthetic practice: insights from a task analysis.

March 19, 2008

Phipps D, Meakin GH, Beatty PCW, et al. Br J Anaesth. 2008;100(3):333-43.

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Human factors analysis of anesthesiologists' activities revealed several areas where the potential for error could be reduced.

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