Errors in Medicine During the Covid Crisis

In the current environment, the potential risk of medical errors is potentially much more likely. Prior to COVID-19, medical errors were considered a global priority, which prompted the WHO to hold the first “World Patient Safety Day” on September 17, 2019. The goal is to make healthcare safer, raise global awareness of patient safety, and encourage people to demonstrate their commitment (“representing patient safety”) [1-5]. Several interrelated factors have been identified that affect the quality and timely delivery of care in emergencies. These include organizational systems, workloads, time constraints, teamwork, individual human factors, and case complexity [6]. The remainder of this article provides an overview of specific individual human factors (HF) and working within hierarchies during an epidemic do.