| Human error plays a significant part in anesthesia mistakes.
Good design of anesthesia machines, ventilators, and monitors can prevent
some, but not all, human error. Modern training with simulators is designed
to reduce the frequency of human errors and to teach anesthesiologists
how to deal with the consequences of such errors. But still morbidity
and mortality happens from this human error in anesthesia.
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The 10 most frequently occurring incidents in anesthesia error included:
- Breathing circuit disconnection
- Inadvertent gas flow change
- Syringe swap
- Gas supply problem
- Intravenous apparatus disconnection
- Laryngoscope malfunction
- Premature extubation
- Breathing circuit connection error
- Hypovolemia
- Tracheal airway device position changes
Human error was involved in 82% of preventable accidents, and equipment
failure accounted for 14%. The incidents ranged in seriousness from laryngoscope
malfunctions to breathing-circuit disconnections resulting in death.
Other factors frequently associated with incidents were inadequate communication
among personnel, haste or lack of precaution, and distraction.
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