title: Equipment-related errors in the workplace.
abstract: Health care practitioners must know how to operate a wide array of machines. With the growing number of complex medical devices, equipment-related patient incidents are on the rise. Equipment problems are a frequent cause of untoward events.
authors: Brown-Spath Associates, Forest Grove, OR, USA.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Spath
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States