ReviewBritish journal of anaesthesia2023
Anaesthesia and patient safety in the socio-technical operating theatre: a narrative review spanning a century.
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- Self-directed learning versus traditional instructor-led learning for education on a new anaesthesia workstation: a noninferiority, randomised, controlled trial.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Trial
- Human factors and airway management: focus on the Swiss Airway Guidelines.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Artificial intelligence in anesthesiology education: transformative applications, challenges, and future perspectives.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Human Factors in Airway Management: Designing Systems for Safer, Team-Based Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Using Safety-I, II, and III to level up patient safety.Current opinion in anaesthesiology · 2025Review
- Smart glasses for monitoring vital signs in anaesthesia care settings: a qualitative simulation study.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Article
- Technology, evidence, and continuing clinical education: a role for self-directed learning?British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Improving medication safety in the perioperative setting: development of a medication use process.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Rethinking Anesthesia Medication "Errors": The OR-SMART Patient Safety Learning Laboratory.Journal of patient safety · 2025Article
- Using perioperative patient safety guidelines to drive systems change.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Reshaping Anesthesia with Artificial Intelligence: From Concept to Reality.Anesthesia and critical care (Houston, Tex.) · 2025Article
- Digitalization in the operating theatre- an interview study of operating room nurses' and nurse anesthetists' experiences in Norway.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Organizational Resilience in Healthcare: A Scoping Review.Journal of healthcare management / American College of Healthcare ExecutivesArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
We review the development of technology in anaesthesia over the course of the past century, from the invention of the Boyle apparatus to the modern anaesthetic workstation with artificial intelligence assistance. We define the operating theatre as a socio-technical system, being necessarily comprised of human and technological parts, the ongoing development of which has led to a reduction in mortality during anaesthesia by an order of four magnitudes over a century. The remarkable technological advances in anaesthesia have been accompanied by important paradigm shifts in the approach to patient safety, and we describe the inter-relationship between technology and the human work environment in the development of such paradigm shifts, including the systems approach and organisational resilience. A better understanding of emerging technological advances and their effects on patient safety will allow anaesthesia to continue to be a leader in both patient safety and in the design of equipment and workspaces.
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