In her 2002 dissertation, and then in a series of articles published in medical journals, Pape made a case for imitating this practice. “The key to preventing medication errors lies with adopting protocols from other safety-focused industries,” Pape wrote in the journal MEDSURG Nursing in 2003. “The airline industry, for example, has methods in place that improve pilots’ focus and provide a milieu of safety when human life is at stake.” Such methods could be adapted to the hospital setting, she argued, by creating a “no-interruptions zone” around medication preparation areas, and by having
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