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Patient safety, systems design and ergonomics
2006
Applied Ergonomics
The complexity of the health care environments necessitates an holistic and systematic ergonomics approach to understand the potential for accidents and errors to occur. The health service is also a socio-technical system, and design needs must be met within this context. This paper aims to present the design challenges and emphasises the specialised needs of the health care sector, when dealing with patient safety. It also provides examples of approaches and methods that ergonomists can bring
doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2006.04.016
pmid:16753132
fatcat:y3og3g4kpbdn7k4txdrayzgk7y