Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performance
Mistakes will always happen whether at work or in our personal lives. We can never completely eliminate error, but learning and disseminating lessons from these mistakes to others is essential. Human factors application for colleagues in healthcare, particularly in low- and medium-income countries (...
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| author | Sukhpreet Singh Dubb Rachel S. Oeppen Tomas Svoboda Peter A. Brennan |
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| description | Mistakes will always happen whether at work or in our personal lives. We can never completely eliminate error, but learning and disseminating lessons from these mistakes to others is essential. Human factors application for colleagues in healthcare, particularly in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) can greatly improve patient safety and aid better team working and staff morale. Factors such as hunger, dehydration anger, and tiredness, all reduce personal performance and can raise the risk of personal error. It is vital that we understand and optimize interaction within the healthcare team members. As part of this, ineffective communication, steep hierarchy and loss of situational awareness can lead to compromised patient safety and potentially serious error.In this paper, we provide a brief overview of human factors for healthcare colleagues in LMIC. We highlight ways to reduce the chances of error and improve patient safety by recognizing and applying various human factors to our day to day practices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e20e5b2074cc480d868ee09083b2200f2025-08-20T02:50:26ZengElsevierJournal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research2212-42682022-01-01121777910.1016/j.jobcr.2021.10.013Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performanceSukhpreet Singh Dubb0Rachel S. Oeppen1Tomas Svoboda2Peter A. Brennan3Maxillofacial Unit, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust, Norwich, NR4 7UY, UKDepartment of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals Southampton, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UKMaxillofacial Unit, Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, UKMaxillofacial Unit, Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, UK; Corresponding author.Mistakes will always happen whether at work or in our personal lives. We can never completely eliminate error, but learning and disseminating lessons from these mistakes to others is essential. Human factors application for colleagues in healthcare, particularly in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) can greatly improve patient safety and aid better team working and staff morale. Factors such as hunger, dehydration anger, and tiredness, all reduce personal performance and can raise the risk of personal error. It is vital that we understand and optimize interaction within the healthcare team members. As part of this, ineffective communication, steep hierarchy and loss of situational awareness can lead to compromised patient safety and potentially serious error.In this paper, we provide a brief overview of human factors for healthcare colleagues in LMIC. We highlight ways to reduce the chances of error and improve patient safety by recognizing and applying various human factors to our day to day practices.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426821001299Human factorsPatient safetyTirednessDehydrationSituational awareness |
| spellingShingle | Sukhpreet Singh Dubb Rachel S. Oeppen Tomas Svoboda Peter A. Brennan Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performance Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research Human factors Patient safety Tiredness Dehydration Situational awareness |
| title | Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performance |
| title_full | Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performance |
| title_fullStr | Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performance |
| title_short | Human factors application for healthcare teams in low- and medium-income countries (LMIC) to help improve patient safety and performance |
| title_sort | human factors application for healthcare teams in low and medium income countries lmic to help improve patient safety and performance |
| topic | Human factors Patient safety Tiredness Dehydration Situational awareness |
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