| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C513339/1 |
| Title: |
Technological Responses to Violations in Anaesthesia: An opportunity for multidisciplinary training |
| Principal Investigator: |
Beatty, Dr PC |
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| Department: |
Medical and Human Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Manchester, The |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2005 |
Ends: |
30 September 2008 |
Value (£): |
143,837
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human-Computer Interactions |
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
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| Panel History: |
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30 Nov 2004
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People & Interactivity Panel (Tech) - Nov 04
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Deferred
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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In safety critical situations it has been found that people not only perform human factors errors that lead to near-misses and accidents, but also perform deliberate acts which are not intended to do harm but breach established safety guidelines and further reduce safety. These acts are called violations. The commonest forms of violation are called routine violations which are breaches of safety guidelines which are tolerated by the organisational culture of the workplace.In a recent study it has been shown, using a type of psychological testing used in the past to detect routine violations, that anaesthetists may be susceptible to performing routine violations during their practice. This study also suggested that technological interventions, e.g. providing the anaesthetists with computer-based tools that make it easier not to violate, could be a good way of reducing the violations indicated.The proposed research will look at violations in anaesthesia in an open way to establish:Whether there are other types of violation not covered by the original study? What the incidence of violations really is?What sort of new technological tools or devices might reduce these violations? What the reaction of anaesthetists to using such tools might be?The outcome from this research will be a better understanding of the role of violations in medicine both generally and specifically in anaesthesia; and the prototyping of at least one device intended to reduce violations which will give a generic view of the role technology might play in reducing violations.The improvement of patient safety is a very important area for research. The project will help increase the number of qualified researchers in the area by training two new researchers through PhD studies done as part of the research.
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http://www.man.ac.uk |