Avoiding a second wave of medical errors: The importance of human factors in the context of a pandemic

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the delivery of healthcare services around the globe. This has resulted in important loss of life for our communities, including health professionals that have been exposed to the disease in their workplace.

A human factors approach to the recent changes introduced due to the pandemic can help identify how we can minimise the impact of human error in these circumstances. Tejos et al., in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, present a case study illustrating the application of human factors in the difficult times we are going through at present.