2016 Risk Course Book

Human Factors

No Interruption Zone

• In 1981 the Federal Aviation Authority adopted a policy that prohibits non-essential tasks and communication in the cock pit during flight operations below 10,000 ft (sterile cockpit rule). • Studies have shown that a NIZ can reduce the probability of medication errors occurring during dispensing pharmaceuticals in an Intensive Care Unit* *Critical Care Nurse 30 (2010) 21-29

Violations

Knowledge

Rules

Skill

Power Distance

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