There is an increasing recognition that medication errors are causing a substantial global
public health problem, as many result in harm to patients and increased costs to health …

Airway management is a cornerstone of patient safety in anaesthesiology and in emergency
and critical care medicine. Deficiencies in airway management could have catastrophic …

Over the past decade, anaesthetists and human factors specialists have worked together to
find ways of minimising the human contribution to anaesthetic mishaps. As in the functionally …

OBJECTIVE:: An exploratory study to examine interruptive communication patterns of
healthcare staff within an intensive care unit (ICU) during ward rounds. METHODS:: The …

BACKGROUND: Thus far, incident reporting in health care has relied on health
professionals. However, patients too may be able to signal the occurrence of undesirable …

Background An unplanned admission to the intensive care unit within 24 h of a procedure
(UIA) is a recommended clinical indicator in surgical patients. Often regarded as a surrogate …

En el mundo de la industria (década de los setenta) se comenzó a utilizar herramientas
para el análisis de las causas que producían los errores con el objetivo de poder desarrollar …

Background: Hypotension is commonly encountered in association with anaesthesia and
surgery. Uncorrected and sustained it puts the brain, heart, kidneys, and the fetus in …

Drug related incidents are a common form of reported medical errors. This paper reviews the
critical incidents related to drug errors reported from the main operating theatre suite in a …

Background: A survey was conducted to assess the benefits and limitations of the Australian
Incident Monitoring System (AIMS) as a programme to improve patient safety. Methods: A 12 …