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| Ken CatchpoleSummaryAffiliation: University of Oxford Country: UK Publications
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Identification of systems failures in successful paediatric cardiac surgeryK R Catchpole
Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, UK
Ergonomics 49:567-88. 2006..Prospectively identifying and reducing these recurrent failures would lead to improved surgical standards and enhanced patient safety...
Improving patient safety by identifying latent failures in successful operationsKen R Catchpole
Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, London, UK
Surgery 142:102-10. 2007....
Localizable auditory warning pulsesKen R Catchpole
Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, UK
Ergonomics 47:748-71. 2004..It is suggested that some auditory warning designs will benefit from the simultaneous provision of what and where forms of information in the sounds...
A framework for the design of ambulance sirensK Catchpole
Nuffield Department of Surgery, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
Ergonomics 50:1287-301. 2007..Ultimately, these considerations will benefit any new attempt to design auditory warnings for the emergency services...
Human factors in critical care: towards standardized integrated human-centred systems of workKen Catchpole
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Curr Opin Crit Care 16:618-22. 2010..Improvements in safety and quality benefit from a systems approach. Human factors is the study and practice of the relationship between humans and systems. This review examines recent advances in human factors in healthcare...
Patient handovers within the hospital: translating knowledge from motor racing to healthcareKen Catchpole
Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, The John Radcliffe, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 19:318-22. 2010..This has been extended to include contributions from several motor racing teams, and by examining transfers at several different interfaces at a non-specialist UK teaching hospital...
A multicenter trial of aviation-style training for surgical teamsKen R Catchpole
Quality Reliability Safety and Teamwork Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
J Patient Saf 6:180-6. 2010....
Safety in anaesthesia: a study of 12,606 reported incidents from the UK National Reporting and Learning SystemK Catchpole
Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Anaesthesia 63:340-6. 2008..Practitioners, departments and professional bodies should consider how the information can be used to promote patient safety and their own defensibility...
Patient handover from surgery to intensive care: using Formula 1 pit-stop and aviation models to improve safety and qualityKen R Catchpole
Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Paediatr Anaesth 17:470-8. 2007..We aimed to improve the quality and safety of handover of patients from surgery to intensive care using the analogy of a Formula 1 pit stop and expertise from aviation...
Errors in the operating theatre--how to spot and stop themKen Catchpole
Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford
J Health Serv Res Policy 15:48-51. 2010....
Effect of a "Lean" intervention to improve safety processes and outcomes on a surgical emergency unitPeter McCulloch
Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit QRSTU, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
BMJ 341:c5469. 2010..Emergency surgical patients are at high risk for harm because of errors in care. Quality improvement methods that involve process redesign, such as “Lean,” appear to improve service reliability and efficiency in healthcare...
A three-dimensional model of error and safety in surgical health care microsystems. Rationale, development and initial testingPeter McCulloch
Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Level 6 John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU UK
BMC Surg 11:23. 2011..We propose such a model which is directed at "microsystem" level (Ward and operating theatre), and which frames problems and solutions within three dimensions...
Interruptions during drug rounds: an observational studySimon Kreckler
Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Br J Nurs 17:1326-30. 2008..Objective information from direct observation will prove valuable in designing possible solutions to the problem. These will require local knowledge and frontline staff involvement to be sustainable...
