Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department

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Safety and complexity: the inter-departmental threats to patient safety in the operating department

Purpose: Current thinking about ‘patient safety’ emphasises the causal relationship between the work environment and the delivery of clinical care. This research draws on the theory of Normal Accidents to extend this analysis and better understand the ‘organisational factors’ that threaten safety....

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Main Authors:	Waring, Justin, McDonald, Ruth, Harrison, Stephen
Format:	Article
Published:	Emerald 2006
Subjects:	Patient safety operating department organisational complexity normal accidents
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/736/

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