Involuntary Automaticity
Involuntary Automaticity : When errors are not identified because people are going through the motions of carrying out a check but are not truly consciously engaged in the checking process. This can still occur even when double checking is in place. Involuntary automaticity has been identified as a cause of checking errors on wards, in radiology and embryology laboratories, and in other healthcare systems where there are several independent checking processes in place. (Toft, 2005)
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