On World Patient Safety Day (17th Sept 2019) the World Health Organisation stated ‘at least 5 people die every minute because of unsafe care.’ The issue only appears to be getting worse. Yet we’ve designed our hospitals on the premise that as doctors and nurses we don’t make mistakes – […]

Perhaps ergonomics is about designing the environment, of which we are an inextricable part, in order to achieve desired outcomes. Improved patient care definitely to be desired. ‘If enough people in healthcare watched Dr Terry Fairbanks presentations ergonomics would be adopted and patient care would dramatically improve.’ I put this […]

These 4 presentations explore the problems plaguing healthcare, how patient safety continues to deteriorate and how we might overcome the problem.           Your comments and feedback are extremely welcome and appreciated. Together we’ll create the best environment for patient care. Join The PatientSafe Community, check out […]

  Please read this fantastic post from Steven Shorrock which looks back at the origins of ergonomics/human factors in aviation: Human Factors and Ergonomics: Looking Back to Look Forward If we want Patient Safety to improve it’s vital we adopt the science of ergonomics into healthcare. While medical error was reported […]

For more information about Australian Standardisation of the Hospital Emergency Number please click on this link: #ASHEN2222 Please note that while ANZCA and the ARC support standardisation they haven’t yet provided official support to a specific number as suggested in the statement above.