RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Making healthcare safer by understanding, designing and buying better IT
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 258
OP 262
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-3-258
VO 15
IS 3
A1 Harold Thimbleby
A1 Alexis Lewis
A1 John Williams
YR 2015
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/3/258.abstract
AB When nobody or nothing notices an error, it may turn into patient harm. We show that medical devices ignore many errors, and therefore do not adequately support patient safety. In addition to causing preventable patient harm, errors are often reported ignoring potential flaws in medical device design, and front line staff may therefore be inappropriately blamed. We present some suggestions to improve reporting and the procurement of hospital equipment.