Error Reduction: Error Reduction and Patient Safety

Relevant Human Factors

Human factors influence medical errors and their reporting.

  • Everyone involved in healthcare is human and inherently fallible.

  • Completely error-free medical care requires a knowledge base and performance level that exceeds human capability.

  • Healthcare providers must abandon the naming, blaming, and shaming of people that fosters reluctance to admit errors.

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