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Community PostTwo vaccines for COVID-19 have now been approved. Health organisations are doing their upmost to workout how best to store and administer the vaccines safely and avoiding errors. The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) are preparing strategic guidance for health authorities and operational guidance for people setting up vaccine programmes applicable internationally. In a recent LinkedIn post, Chief Executive Noorzaman Rashid asks: "What are the Human Factors and Ergonomic issues that should be considered?" And asks you to share your ideas: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/noorzamanrashid_the-economist-on-twitter-activity-6750290388721926144-h8XV/ #ciehf #covid #patientsafety
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Content ArticleA recent paper (from clinicians and Human Factors specialists at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust) jointly supported by Elsevier and BJA Education clarifies what Human Factors (HF) is by highlighting and redressing key myths. The learning objectives from the paper are as follows: Identify common myths around HF Describe what HF is Discuss the importance of HF specialists in healthcare Distinguish the importance of a systems-based approach and user-centred design for HF practice. It explains that HF is a scientific discipline in its own right, a complex adaptive system very much like healthcare. Its principle have been used within healthcare for decades but often in an informal way. A link to the summary of the article on Science Direct and further links to purchase the paper can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2058534923000963?dgcid=author
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Content ArticleClive Flashman, Patient Safety Learning's Chief Digital Officer, shares his presentation slides from the Health Plus Care 2022 conference. The presentation slides include basic principles, how to involve the patient and public in design, key issues and Clive's ten top tips for digital health innovators.
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Community PostHi I have been working in a presentation we are giving at ASPiH in November around the work we have done using simulation to test systems and processes. we have done this in two ways. Firstly as a by-product of an educational in situ simulation in s clinical environment where a latent threat has been identified. In this case we will work with the area in looking at just what contributes to the threat and ways that may help. The second way (and with my HF head on, more exciting) has been setting out to test a process. We have done this several times now and have had some real successes in demonstrating the work as done v work as imagined theory. has anyone else used simulation in this way? looking forward to your replies. Phil
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Community PostHi all, I had a great meeting with @Neal Jones yesterday and in a wide ranging discussion we reflected on design and human factors. I recall some great work many years ago on the redesign of ambulances (that the NPSA contributed to) and wondered what happened to that initative and whether this had developed into designing new hospitals for patient safety. @Neal Jones recalled the DOME (designing out medical error) project http://www.domeproject.org.uk/index.html. This web site is dated 2010 and it seems to have been a three year funded project. Is this innovative approach still 'live?' Does anyone know of any work on human factors in hospital design to deliver safer care (processes, equipment, layout, technology etc)? In the UK or internationally? By googling I've found articles on specific departmental inititaives and people calling for more to be done but not much of the 'how' or any requirment to embed patient safety into new build hospital deisgn. Surely there must be soemthing?!!
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Content ArticleAll Systems Ergo, invites Human Factors specialists from around the world to share their experience of incorporating Human Factors into their field of work and the impact it has had to support patient outcomes and improve care within healthcare. Hosted by Fran Ives, Chartered Human Factors Specialist, the bi-weekly podcast discusses a number of key human factors topics including transportation, patient safety and product design, as well as personal stories of industry professionals’ inspiring career journeys.
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Content ArticleAlarms are signals intended to capture and direct human attention to a potential issue that may require monitoring, assessment or intervention. They play a critical safety role in high-risk industries such as healthcare, which relies heavily on auditory and visual alarms. While there are some guidelines to inform alarm design and use, alarm fatigue and other alarm issues are challenges in the healthcare setting. The automotive, aviation, and nuclear industries have used the science of human factors to develop alarm design and use guidelines. This study in the journal Patient Safety aimed to assess whether these guidelines may provide insights for advancing patient safety in healthcare.
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EventuntilThis free webinar will explore near misses in three different sectors and how controls can, or cannot, be developed to prevent future events. It will start with an introduction to the concept of near misses in healthcare and the challenges faced in learning from these near misses to improve safety. You will then hear how near misses are approached in rail and nuclear and how controls are developed in their processes. At this event, you’ll: Gain valuable insights from all three sectors: healthcare, rail and nuclear. Hear discussion about defining near misses with respect to controls. Learn how to build barriers in systems. Who will this be of interest to? This webinar will be of interest to anyone involved in the management of safety events in their industry/ organisation, and especially human factors practitioners, safety investigators, policy leads and regulators. Register
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EventuntilThe purpose of this online event is to demonstrate how human factors as a discipline can help address Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) issues. This webinar will explore the different situations that give rise to EDI issues, including the impact of equipment positioning on wheelchair users, the impact of open plan offices on neurodiverse people, and the impact of user interface language and terminology on people with communication difficulties. It will discuss the implications of these EDI issues, including the impact on the people directly experiencing them, as well as the wider impact on society. It will uncover how human factors can make a difference in addressing these issues, including adopting a systems approach, using a participatory design process and applying specific human factors methods to enhance EDI delivery. Register
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EventuntilA triennial event featuring over 200 sessions all available on demand plus 800 papers on over 30 themes from healthcare ergonomics, organisational design and management to biomechanics and human modelling and simulation. The Executive Panel will address the Congress theme "HF/E in a Connected World" which raises urgent scientific and professional challenges concerning human interaction with technology in the era of automated and ubiquitous cyber-physical technologies. Register
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EventAimed at Clinicians and Managers, this national virtual conference will provide a practical guide to human factors in healthcare, and how a human factors approach can improve patient care, quality, process and safety. Register
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Content ArticleSafety at design is giving due consideration to safety at the conceptual stage of your design. We mostly do not look at this and what we end up completing the design of a product with high ergonomics risks to the end users. What should we consider and how should we go about this? These and many more are will looked at in this presentation from Ehi Iden, chief executive of Occupational Health and Safety Managers.
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Content ArticleAn increasing number of healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) applications are in development or already in use, but the safety impact of using AI in healthcare is largely unknown. This qualitative study in the journal Safety Science aimed to explore how different stakeholders (patients, hospital staff, technology developers and regulators) think about safety and the safety assurance of healthcare AI. Through a series of interviews, the authors assessed stakeholder perceptions of an AI-based infusion pump in the intensive care unit. Participants expressed perceptions about: the potential impact of healthcare AI requirements for human-AI interaction safety assurance practices and regulatory frameworks for AI and the gaps that exist how incidents involving AI should be managed. The authors concluded that there is currently a technology-centric focus on AI safety, and a wider systems approach is needed. They also identified a need for greater awareness of existing standards and best practice among technology developers.
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Content ArticleThis Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF) webinar explores near misses in three different sectors and how controls can, or cannot, be developed to prevent future events.
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Human factors - Safer surgery checklist (June 2022)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Surgery
This literature review in The Operating Theatre Journal looks at 'How industry has helped healthcare better understand human factors'. The author, Nigel Roberts, Theatre Lead at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, looks at this question in relation to teamwork, leadership, situational awareness, communication and culture. -
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This is part of our series of Patient Safety Spotlight interviews, where we talk to people working for patient safety about their role and what motivates them. Mark talks to us about how he came to work in healthcare, the vital role of safety scientists and human factors specialists in improving patient safety, and the challenges involved in integrating new technologies into the health system. -
Content ArticleThis white paper is intended for non-specialists who may have little or no professional background in human factors and ergonomics but who are influential in the way decisions are made about the development and use of technology. The knowledge and guidance it contains is based on both fundamental scientific and applied research, as well as from deep study and learning from adverse events. The paper is based around nine principles that provide an easy-to-follow guide to human factors issues which need to be addressed when developing and implementing highly automated systems.
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Content ArticleThis article in the journal Trends in Neurology & Men's Health provides an outline of the role of human factors in preventing harm in healthcare. The authors describe the scale of medical errors and look at some specific ways that changes to personal and team working factors can improve safety for staff and patients.
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Patient Safety Now: safety II and maternity (September 2022)
Patient-Safety-Learning posted an article in Maternity
Safety II moves away from simply looking at what went wrong, and aims to understand the realities of everyday work in a constructive and positive way. It focuses on the system as a whole, rather than the end result of the work done. In this blog, Professor Suzette Woodward, Professional and Clinical Advisor in Patient Safety, looks at the role of the Safety II approach in making maternity services safer. She outlines the importance of asking and listening to staff about how to reduce complexity and reform areas of the system that are prone to error. -
Content ArticleBrian Edwards, Managing Director of Husoteria Ltd, shares his speaker abstract from the 5th European pharmacovigilance congress held 1-3 December 2021. To view all the speaker abstracts from the congress, published in the Therapeutics Advances in Drug Safety journal, download the attachment below.
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Content ArticleThis download is the first of three chapters of a book which complements the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors' Healthcare Learning Pathway and is intended as a practical resource for students
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Content ArticleProfessor Peter Brennan is a NHS Consultant Surgeon in Portsmouth, specialising in head and neck cancer. In this episode of the Human Factor Podcast, Peter discusses how he is driving Human Factors approaches from his perspective. To date, Peter has published over 700 publications including more than 80 on Human Factors and patient safety. His HF work has changed the delivery of postgraduate surgery exam delivery in the UK and abroad. Watch all the Human Factors Podcast episodes here.
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Content ArticleEffective incident investigation is an integral part of the provision of a safe blood transfusion service, with the aim to prevent recurrence of adverse events and harm to patients. Determining how an incident has taken place allows understanding of the gaps or failures within the system and identification of effective corrective and preventive measures that can be implemented to reduce risk of recurrence. Consideration of human factors supports a more sophisticated understanding of the factors that cause incidents, optimising human performance through better understanding of human behaviour and the factors that influence this behaviour, thus improving patient safety.
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Content ArticleThe Covid-19 pandemic presented the need for fast decision-making in a rapidly shifting global context. This article in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine looks at the limitations of traditional evidence-based medicine (EBM) approaches when investigating questions in the context of complex, shifting environments. The authors argue that it is time to take a more varied approach to defining what counts as ‘high-quality’ evidence. They introduce some conceptual tools and quality frameworks from various fields involving what is known as mechanistic research, including complexity science, engineering and the social sciences. The article proposes that the tools and frameworks of mechanistic evidence, sometimes known as ‘EBM+’ when combined with traditional EBM, may help develop the interdisciplinary evidence base needed to take us out of this protracted pandemic.
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Content ArticleThis webinar hosted by the National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) gives a brief overview of human factors and ergonomics, its relevance and role in improving patient safety, how it has been embedded in one organisation and the impact it has had. Fran Ives, Human Factors Specialist and part of the Human Factors team at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital (RJAH) speaks about her experience of applying Human Factors both within a large NHS Trust and an Academic Health Science Network, including the successes and challenges of setting up and developing a service, and what difference such a service can make.
