scholarly journals Analysis of User Preference with N95 and Powered Air-Purifying Respirators in a Healthcare Work Environment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Renee Carver
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
User Preference ◽  
Healthcare Work

Illuminating the decision-making strategies of anesthesia providers in challenging cases

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 653-657
Author(s):  
Joshua Biro ◽  
David M. Neyens ◽  
Candace Jaruzel ◽  
Catherine D. Tobin ◽  
Myrtede Alfred ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
Medication Delivery ◽  
Anesthesia Providers ◽  
Healthcare Work ◽  
Realistic View

Medication errors and error-related scenarios in anesthesia remain an important area of research. Interventions and best practice recommendations in anesthesia are often based in the work-as-imagined healthcare system, remaining under-used due to a range of unforeseen complexities in healthcare work-as- done. In order to design adaptable anesthesia medication delivery systems, a better understanding of clinical cognition within the context of anesthesia work is needed. Fourteen interviews probing anesthesia providers’ decision making were performed. The results revealed three overarching themes: (1) anesthesia providers find cases challenging when they have incomplete information, (2) decision-making begins with information seeking, and (3) attributes such as expertise, experience, and work environment influence anesthesia providers’ information seeking and synthesis of tasks. These themes and the context within this data help create a more realistic view of work-as-done and generate insights into what potential medication error reducing interventions should look to avoid and what they could help facilitate.

scholarly journals ‘Professional Techs’: Machines, Technical Skills and Professional Aspirations in Hearing Prosthetics and Respiratory Care in Quebec, 1950-1990

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Prud’homme
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Respiratory Care ◽  
Sharp Distinction ◽  
Technical Work ◽  
Sociology Of Professions ◽  
Healthcare Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Professional Aspirations

In the sociology of professions, working with machines is often seen as an obstacle to professional aspirations. This is especially true in healthcare, where a sharp distinction between professionals and technicians has prevailed since the early 20th century. However, only a few studies have documented the meaning of machines and technical skills for healthcare technicians. The purpose of this article is to show how and why two groups of such technicians, hearing prosthetists and respiratory technicians, actually tried to reconcile the use of machines with professionalization projects. It concludes with considerations about what these stories tell us about the history of technical work, about the transformations of the healthcare work environment in the second half of 20th century, and about the place of technical skills in the system of professions

Analysis of chemical contamination by hazardous drugs with BD HD Check® system in a tertiary hospital

2021 ◽  
pp. 107815522110385
Author(s):  
Silvia Valero García ◽  
María Centelles-Oria ◽  
Tomás Palanques-Pastor ◽  
Nieves Vila Clérigues ◽  
Eduardo López-Briz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Chemical Contamination ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Healthcare Work ◽  
Surface Monitoring ◽  
Hazardous Drugs

The presence of contamination in the healthcare work environment by one of the types of hazardous drugs, cytostatics, has been found in multiple international studies. Recent studies and guidelines recommend surface monitoring for risk assessment of healthcare professionals’ exposure. The availability of detection techniques is critical to successfully carry out this type of monitoring. The use of new semi-quantitative techniques allows quicker results. The main objective of this study was to determine the existence of hazardous drugs on the working surfaces in different locations of a tertiary hospital using the BD HD Check® semi-quantitative device. The presence of methotrexate, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide was analysed at 80, 89 and 82 locations in 10, 13 and 11 clinical units, respectively. A total of 251 samples were analysed. The monitoring results were positive for 13.1% of the analysed samples, with 36.3% of the methotrexate samples, 0% of the doxorubicin samples and 4.9% of the cyclophosphamide samples. Mapping the presence of HD in our hospital has allowed us to evaluate the effectiveness of controls established in the hospital to minimise the exposure of healthcare professionals to hazardous drugs. The speed in obtaining results has enabled immediate corrective actions in cases where contaminated surfaces were detected.

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