Citation

Wears RL, Woloshynowych M, Brown R, Vincent CA. Appl. Ergon. 2010; 41(5): 695-700.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA; Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.apergo.2009.12.006

PMID

20089245

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.

Language: en