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Author Laura Pickup, Saskia Fursland, Mairi Alexander, Suzy Broadbent, Paul Davis, Kathryn Whitehill & Sian Blanchard |
| Abstract Fatigue and the implications on human performance are well recognised in the literature and many safety critical industries. This is not currently the case in healthcare, where there are no formal approaches to monitor or investigate the impact of fatigue on clinical performance and patient safety. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) was set up in 2017 and its core function is to provide independent investigations of healthcare incidents. HSIB adopts a systems approach to investigations and this paper will describe the work in progress to develop a standardised approach to consider fatigue. |
