BACKGROUND: Safe surgical practice requires a combination of technical and nontechnical
abilities. Both sets of skills can be impaired by intra-operative stress, compromising …

In other high-risk industries, learning from accidents and near misses is a long-established
practice, in fact it is a cornerstone of safety analysis and improvement. In contrast, learning …

Whilst Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) has been well‐accepted and integrated into the
safety management process in other industries, the application of such error analysis …

Objectives: To examine the feasibility of detecting adverse events through record review in
British hospitals and to make preliminary estimates of the incidence and costs of adverse …

BACKGROUND: Although the general literature on stress and performance is extensive, little
is known about specific effects of stress in surgical practice. This qualitative study explored …

Introduction: Care home residents are at particular risk from medication errors, and our
objective was to determine the prevalence and potential harm of prescribing, monitoring, …

In a previous paper we reported that 10.8% of patients admitted to two large hospitals in
Greater London experienced one or more adverse events, of which half were deemed …

Objective: This study investigates the effects of surgeons' stress levels and coping strategies
on surgical performance during simulated operations. Methods: Thirty surgeons carried out …

BACKGROUND: Stressful events occur in the operating room (OR) with potentially severe
consequences for patient safety. We recorded the incidence of these events in the OR, …

BACKGROUND: Current surgical training provides little opportunity for surgeons to recognize
and manage intraoperative stress before it affects performance and compromises patient …