Narrow Results Clear All

Resource Type
Approach to Improving Safety
Safety Target
Setting of Care
Clinical Area
Target Audience
Error Types
Origin/Sponsor

Search results for "Interruptions and distractions"

1 - 2 of 2 results
Download Selected Citations

Show: 20 | 50 | 100

Special or Theme Issue

Cognitive Factors in Health Care.

Rogers WA, ed. J Exp Psychol Appl. 2011;17:191-302.

Articles in this special issue explore the impact of cognition on health care activities such as patient identification, interruptions, and team communication.

Cases & Commentaries

Transfusion "Slip"

  • Web M&M

Harold S. Kaplan, MD; February 2004

Blood typing tubes for a married couple brought to an ED after a trauma are labeled with the opposite stickers. By coincidence, the wife's blood type was already on file. An alert blood-bank technologist catches the mistake.

Back to Top