Workflow Interruptions and Failed Action Regulation in Surgery Personnel

Workflow interruptions during surgery may cause a threat to patient's safety. Workflow interruptions were tested to predict failure in action regulation that in turn predicts near-accidents in surgery and related health care. One-hundred-and-thirty-three theater nurses and physicians from eight...

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Veröffentlicht in:Safety and health at work 2014, 5(1), , pp.1-6
Hauptverfasser: Elfering, Achim, Nützi, Marina, Koch, Patricia, Baur, Heiner
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Workflow interruptions during surgery may cause a threat to patient's safety. Workflow interruptions were tested to predict failure in action regulation that in turn predicts near-accidents in surgery and related health care. One-hundred-and-thirty-three theater nurses and physicians from eight Swiss hospitals participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The study participation rate was 43%. Structural equation modeling confirmed an indirect path from workflow interruptions through cognitive failure in action regulation on near-accidents (p 
ISSN:2093-7911
2093-7997
DOI:10.1016/j.shaw.2013.11.001