Human Factors Applied to Perioperative Process Improvement

Authors

Joseph R. Keebler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Elizabeth Blickensderfer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Thomas D. Looke, Florida Hospital

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Human Factors and Behavioral Neurobiology

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

3-2018

Abstract/Description

• Human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) is its own scientific discipline that can be applied to understanding performance in perioperative medicine.
• Humans are not perfect decision makers and are affected by a variety of factors that can greatly harm their ability to perform, including attention, bias, stress, and fatigue.
• HF/E has a unique perspective on human error, and HF/E can illustrate how moving away from blame can enhance safety.
• HF/E offers strategies for undertaking a systematic approach to assessment of work processes in perioperative medicine that can be used to increase safety and wellbeing of patients and providers.

Publication Title

Anesthesiology Clinics

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2017.10.005

Publisher

Elsevier

Scholarly Commons Citation

Keebler, J. R., Lazzara, E. H., Blickensderfer, E., & Looke, T. D. (2018). Human Factors Applied to Perioperative Process Improvement. Anesthesiology Clinics, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2017.10.005