Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident & emergency departments

Robert L. Wears; Maria Woloshynowych; Ruth Brown; Charles A. Vincent

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2009.12.006

Reflective analysis of safety research in the hospital accident & emergency departments

Robert L. Wears^*, Maria Woloshynowych, Ruth Brown, Charles A. Vincent

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Providing health care in emergency settings is complex, hazardous work that is vulnerable to failure. Human factors and ergonomics studies of hazardous work in other settings have produced useful insights, innovations, and contributions to improving safety in those fields, so there is great interest in applying similar methods to the study of clinical work. However, the clinical environment presents some unique challenges to researchers. We discuss some of those challenges, based on our experience in conducting a variety of studies in the emergency setting in the US and UK, and offer suggestions for future work in this area.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	695-700
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Ergonomics
Volume	41
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2009.12.006
Publication status	Published - Sep 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Accidents
Emergency medicine
Health care
Patient safety

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