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During application of medical devices risks due to human error cannot be excluded. These may be due to the special situation (e. g. due to emergency situations in operating theatres, intensive care units or ambulances), insufficient information (e. g. due to shift changeover), overload (e. g. because of stress, emergency, unexpected events), inattentiveness (e. g. because of distraction or fatigue at the end of a shift).
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Leitgeb, N. (2010). Application safety. In: Safety of Electromedical Devices. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99683-6_3
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