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Human Factors recognition to enhance team working and safer patient care (15 February 2021)

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:01:00 +0000

Coffee and a Gas podcast episode 6: Fatigue with Dr Roopa McCrossan and Dr Emma Plunkett (9 March 2022)

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:31:00 +0000

Clinical Human Factors Group: Job description sample template for Human Factors/Ergonomics role in healthcare

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:34:59 +0000

Presentation: Fight Fatigue in Europe campaign (EPSF, November 2022)

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:55:00 +0000

The presentation highlights five key challenges related to healthcare worker fatigue:

Variety of local and national contexts
Fatigue and powerlessness of the healthcare worker
Cultural representations of fatigue
Trivialisation of healthcare staff fatigue in society
Variety and complexity of work environments

It also outlines the goals of the Fight Fatigue in Europe campaign:

Mobilise national organisations concerned with HCW fatigue and those who want to change behaviour and policies. We need to succeed in taking into account the complexity and variety of HC staff work environments (staff category/working conditions/stakeholders).
Support national organisations in the deployment of their national FF campaign. We need to succeed in reaching a target audience in a variety of national/local contexts.
Launch communication actions on European level to which the national and European organisations can link and have more impact. We need to succeed in giving weight to their communication and advocacy work and appear as a coordinated European dynamic.

Accelerating systems thinking - A cognitive whiteboard animation (Loughborough University, 2018)

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:41:00 +0000

Surprises in healthcare: a blog by Steven Shorrock (21 February 2023)

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:54:59 +0000

Human error doesn't exist in isolation: it's now time for a deeper understanding of human factors in anaesthesia (28 January 2023)

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:26:11 +0000

Reducing the impact of RN fatigue on patient and nurse safety (27 November 2013)

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 10:25:00 +0000

Human Risk podcast: Dr Gordon Caldwell on medical bureaucracy (6 February 2023)

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:57:36 +0000

Blog - Nurse fatigue creates a dangerous environment (NSO)

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Healthcare worker fatigue: Current strategies for prevention (Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2014)

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Managing fatigue: it's about sleep (October 2005)

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:02:00 +0000

Anaesthetists in training working group on fatigue (GMC, 14 November 2018)

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 17:08:00 +0000

Fatigue, sleep deprivation and patient safety (PSNet, 7 September 2019)

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:47:00 +0000

Fatigue, sleep, and work schedule effects - Practice and policy considerations (AANA, April 2015)

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:46:00 +0000

Impact of fatigue and insufficient sleep on physician and patient outcomes: a systematic review (21 September 2018)

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:41:00 +0000

Human factors in anaesthesia: a narrative review (11 January 2023)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:57:05 +0000

Fatigue and anaesthetists (The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland, 2014)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:04:00 +0000

Recommendations

In keeping with the General Medical Council (GMC) guidance in Good Medical Practice, every doctor is required to provide safe and effective care and therefore should be aware of the issues of fatigue.
Departments must have a plan to manage staff of all grades who have undertaken an onerous duty period and consider themselves unfit to continue work.
Job plans should be constructed such that they are not likely to lead to predictable fatigue.
Routine rest breaks should be implemented.
Handover protocols should be used before and after every rest break.
Rest facilities and on-call rooms should be available for staff to nap during shifts or sleep post-call.
Resident on-call staff should have suitable accommodation.
Refreshments should be available at all times.
On-call responsibilities should be reviewed regularly and, particularly in the older anaesthetist, take into consideration subjective assessment of fatigue (consider seeking advice from an accredited specialist in occupational medicine).
Education on fatigue, its causes, mitigating factors, and its impact on healthcare should be a priority for anaesthesia departments.

Shiftwork: safety, sleepiness and sleep (January 2005)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:07:00 +0000

HSE Guidance - Human factors: Fatigue

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:48:00 +0000

The James Reason Swiss Cheese Failure Model in 300 Seconds (May 2018)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:15:00 +0000

Human Factors in healthcare workshop (Robert Galloway)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:59:00 +0000

Nurse fatigue and nurse, patient safety, and organizational outcomes: A systematic review (8 February 2021)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:14:00 +0000

The Joint Commission addresses healthcare worker fatigue (July 2014)

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:37:00 +0000

CIEHF: What is ergonomics? (November 2022)

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:54:18 +0000