Role of human factors in pediatric cardiac surgery

Authors

  • Aklaque Bhat Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Section of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hamad Hospital, Doha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2016.37

Abstract

According to the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, “human factors” refers to the discipline of engineering that details the interface of people, equipment and the environment in which they work. Issues that impact human performance and increase the risk of error include factors that directly enable decision making, such as perception, attention, memory, reasoning, judgement and factors that directly enable decision execution, such as communication and the ability to carry out the intended action. 

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Published

2017-03-09

Issue

Vol. 2016 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Review articles

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