Many healthcare systems recommend root-cause analysis (RCA) as a key method for
investigating critical incidents and developing recommendations for preventing future events. In …

Objective: The goal of this study was to assess the nature and frequency of interruptions
during medication administration and the interruptions' effects on task efficiency to guide …

Several comprehensive User Centred Design methodologies have been published in the
last decade, but while they all focus on users, they disagree on exactly what activities should …

Background Postmarket surveillance of medical devices is reliant on physician reporting of
adverse medical device events (AMDEs). Little is known about factors that influence whether …

Objective To determine what components of a checklist contribute to effective detection of
medication errors at the bedside. Design High-fidelity simulation study of outpatient …

In this on-road experiment, drivers performed demanding cognitive tasks while driving in city
traffic. All task interactions were carried out in hands-free mode so that the 21 drivers were …

The goal of the present research was to examine the role of working memory in mental
arithmetic. Adults (n = 96) solved multidigit arithmetic problems (eg, 52 + 3; 3 + 52) alone and in …

Background Nurses are frequently interrupted during medication verification and administration;
however, few interventions exist to mitigate resulting errors, and the impact of these …

Interruptions were studied extensively in the past but with a focus on their negative effects.
Although many types of interruptions result in a break-in-task, in some cases interruptions …

Aim To rigorously review the literature on the prosocial workplace behaviours of nurses.
Background Prosocial workplace behaviours, predominantly organisational citizenship …