An expert perspective of errors in endoscope reprocessing

Emily A. Hildebrand; Russell Branaghan; Brooke L. Neuman; Jonathan Jolly; T. B. Garland; Mistey Taggart; Dana Epstein; Judith Babcock-Parziale; Victoria Brown

doi:10.1177/1071181311551155

An expert perspective of errors in endoscope reprocessing

Emily A. Hildebrand, Russell Branaghan, Brooke L. Neuman, Jonathan Jolly, T. B. Garland, Mistey Taggart, Dana Epstein, Judith Babcock-Parziale, Victoria Brown

Human Systems Engineering (HSE)

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Abstract

Endoscope reprocessing has been identified as a complex procedure that, when completed incorrectly, can lead to patient outbreaks due to cross contamination. Most reported incidents cite human error as the cause, but little research to date has explored the human factors related issues surrounding reprocessing procedures. The purpose of this study was to interview experts in endoscope reprocessing to determine the most difficult steps and error prone tasks in the procedure as well as identify potential contributing factors to error. Relationships between tasks and contributing factors are examined and implications for future research are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting, HFES 2011
Pages	748-752
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181311551155
State	Published - Nov 28 2011
Event	55th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2011 - Las Vegas, NV, United States Duration: Sep 19 2011 → Sep 23 2011

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Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Other	55th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas, NV
Period	9/19/11 → 9/23/11

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Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Hildebrand, E. A., Branaghan, R., Neuman, B. L., Jolly, J., Garland, T. B., Taggart, M., Epstein, D., Babcock-Parziale, J., & Brown, V. (2011). An expert perspective of errors in endoscope reprocessing. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting, HFES 2011 (pp. 748-752). (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society). https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181311551155

An expert perspective of errors in endoscope reprocessing. / Hildebrand, Emily A.; Branaghan, Russell; Neuman, Brooke L. et al.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting, HFES 2011. 2011. p. 748-752 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society).

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Hildebrand, EA, Branaghan, R, Neuman, BL, Jolly, J, Garland, TB, Taggart, M, Epstein, D, Babcock-Parziale, J & Brown, V 2011, An expert perspective of errors in endoscope reprocessing. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting, HFES 2011. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 748-752, 55th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2011, Las Vegas, NV, United States, 9/19/11. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181311551155

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