An Introduction to Human Factors and Patient Safety

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Key Points

An Introduction to Human Factors and Patient Safety Section 1: Clinical Error Key Points

Here are the key points from this section:

  1. Human error can simply be described as an error made by a human.
  2. Two-thirds of all clinical errors involve human error.
  3. It is estimated that 50% of clinical errors are preventable.
  4. Errors can be latent which means they occur because of the way a system is designed or managed.
  5. Active errors occur because of unsafe acts committed by people in direct contact with the patient.
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