Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-H

Background: Quality and safety are two major concerns in the medical professions. According to irreparable consequences arising from human errors in the intensive care unit, the safety level in these sectors is very important. This study aimed to evaluate the human errors in the intensive cardiac ca...

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Main Authors: I Mohammadfam, M Movafagh, A Soltanian, M Salavati, S Bashirian
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Language:English
Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science 2015-07-01
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Online Access:http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-442-en.pdf
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M Movafagh
A Soltanian
M Salavati
S Bashirian
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description Background: Quality and safety are two major concerns in the medical professions. According to irreparable consequences arising from human errors in the intensive care unit, the safety level in these sectors is very important. This study aimed to evaluate the human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nurses. Methods: This research was a qualitative study, conducted by SPAR-H method. In this study, the nursing task was divided into sub-tasks and related activities using a hierarchical task analysis (HTA). The SPAR-H method was used to identify and evaluate human errors. Data were analyzed using SPSS-16 software. Results: Duties include initial resuscitation, saying the code and start cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, shock, intubation and urgent measures for dysrhythmias are critical task with error probability of 0.372, 0.245, 0.233, 0.196 and 0.122/0 respectively. Conclusion: To reduce the rate of human error improving performances shaping factors including decrease of complexity and promote of training as well as modification of nurses shift work and reducing additional duties are recommended.
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spelling doaj-art-26bcaecbfcf141dda894d95b7290fb242025-08-25T05:55:53ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Scienceطب کار2251-71892251-82742015-07-01711022Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-HI Mohammadfam0M Movafagh1A Soltanian2M Salavati3S Bashirian4 Background: Quality and safety are two major concerns in the medical professions. According to irreparable consequences arising from human errors in the intensive care unit, the safety level in these sectors is very important. This study aimed to evaluate the human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nurses. Methods: This research was a qualitative study, conducted by SPAR-H method. In this study, the nursing task was divided into sub-tasks and related activities using a hierarchical task analysis (HTA). The SPAR-H method was used to identify and evaluate human errors. Data were analyzed using SPSS-16 software. Results: Duties include initial resuscitation, saying the code and start cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, shock, intubation and urgent measures for dysrhythmias are critical task with error probability of 0.372, 0.245, 0.233, 0.196 and 0.122/0 respectively. Conclusion: To reduce the rate of human error improving performances shaping factors including decrease of complexity and promote of training as well as modification of nurses shift work and reducing additional duties are recommended.http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-442-en.pdfsafetyhuman errornurseintensive care unitspar-h method
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M Salavati
S Bashirian
Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-H
طب کار
safety
human error
nurse
intensive care unit
spar-h method
title Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-H
title_full Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-H
title_fullStr Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-H
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-H
title_short Assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the SPAR-H
title_sort assessment of human errors in the intensive cardiac care unit nursing profession using the spar h
topic safety
human error
nurse
intensive care unit
spar-h method
url http://tkj.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-442-en.pdf
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