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Understanding active and latent human errors through contemporaneous incident reporting allows for the rational direction of resources to prevent accidents in anaesthetic practice.
Understanding the psychology and classification of human errors in anaesthesia is crucial for developing effective preventative strategies through incident reporting.
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May inform safety resource allocation in anaesthesia; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Runciman et al. (1993) conducted a review in Human error in anaesthesia. Understanding active and latent human errors through contemporaneous incident reporting allows for the rational direction of resources to prevent accidents in anaesthetic practice.
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