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Research Article: The Effects of an Order-Assist Mobile Application on Pediatric Anesthesia Safety: An Observational Study

Date Published: 2023-11-27

Abstract:
Pediatric anesthesia requires the rapid creation, communication, and execution of anesthesia orders, and there is a risk of human error. The authors developed an order-assisted mobile application (app) to reduce human error during pediatric anesthesia preparation. The authors conducted an observational study that compared the effects of the application by comparing anesthesiologists’ errors, nurses’ errors, nurses leaving the operating room, and delays in surgery, between the Conventional group (n = 101) and the App group (n = 101). The app was associated with reduced human error by anesthesiologists and nurses, and it lowered the frequency and duration of nurses leaving the operating room during anesthesia. In addition, the authors surveyed anesthesia nurses regarding the effectiveness of the app. The nurses confirmed that the app was convenient and reduced human error. This study revealed that the order-assisted mobile app developed by a pediatric anesthesiologist could reduce human errors by anesthesiologists and nurses during pediatric anesthesia preparation.

Introduction:
Human factors have been recognized as the primary cause of preventable patient harms [1]. They are critical elements of safe clinical practices. Human factors science is defined as the science of improving human performance and well-being by examining all the effectors of human performance [2]. In aviation, all aspects of the system, including knowledge, environment, and team dynamics, have been inspected and improved to minimize human error [3]. In the case of anesthesia, there are also possibilities of human…

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