tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865768815327716731.post1065965056627412804..comments2008-03-17T15:04:42.357-04:00Ralph Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872065446489560244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865768815327716731.post-53089220369675995062008-03-17T15:01:00.000-04:002008-03-17T15:01:00.000-04:002008-03-17T15:01:00.000-04:00I think most health care providers would quietly admit that it's more common than we want to admit and med errors are currently a fact of life (but hopefully improving with better systems). Anaesthesia is a great example -- one of the major causes of problems is the wrong drug and the reason is an anaesthetist will have 5-10 syringes (minimum) all laid out. I know some that use different size syringes for the visual cues but they're also supposed to be labelled (although that doesn't help in a stressful situation). The is no better arugment for 5S than situations like this. Add to that good visual cues, automatic drug delivery and other process improvements and you might have a chnace at beating the problem. <BR/><A HREF="http://www.waittimes.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">www.waittimes.blogspot.com</A>Ian Furst http://www.waittimes.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11795888117578055704noreply@blogger.com