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| Briefings on Patient Safety |
| June 2008 |
| The effects of distractions on human performance |
| Editor's note: The following is part of a series about human error and its role in medical error. This month, author Robert J. Latino, executive vice president of the Reliability Center, Inc., in Hopewell, VA, discusses the effect of distractions in the work force, as well as sleep-related problems and how to manage them.
We all work on a daily basis in environments prone to distractions. Some environments are more distracting than others, but, we can relate to the effect that distractions have on our performance. |
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