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Learning objective
Understand human factors and its
relationship to patient safety
Knowledge requirements
Performance requirement
apply human factors thinking to your
work environment
Human factors
Importance of human factors has been
recognized for a long time in:
aviation
nuclear power
Examples
move patients
Gaba
Human factors
design principles
Psychomotor
- Hands
Senses
- Vision
- Hearing
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Input Devices
- Buttons
Output
- Display
- Sound
Human factors
acknowledges:
the universal nature of human fallibility
the inevitability of error
equipment design
e.g. infusion pumps
very powerful
very flexible
Optillusions.com
What is an error?
stress
hunger
illness
language or cultural factors
hazardous attitudes
Fatigue
24 hours of sleep deprivation has performance
effects
~
blood alcohol content of 0.1%
Performance level
Area of
optimum
stress
High stress
Anxiety, panic
Low stress
Boredom
Stress level
Dont forget .
If youre
H ungry
A ngry
L ate
or
T ired ..
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A performance-shaping
factors checklist
I Illness
M Medication
prescription, alcohol & others
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Stress
Alcohol
Fatigue
Emotion
Jensen, 1987
Summary
Human factors engineering is about designing
the workplace and the equipment in it to
accommodate for limitations of human
performance