Human biases and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Extreme situations are developing in Spanish hospitals and intensive care units due to the care logistics and isolation demands associated with growing numbers of affected patients. A care overload will inevitably be associated with an increase in errors linked to care (Oliveira et al., 2016; Novare...

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Published in:Intensive & critical care nursing 2020-06, Vol.58, p.102861-102861, Article 102861
Main Author: Garcia-Alamino, Josep M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Bias
Clinical decision making
Clinical outcomes
Cognitive bias
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Critical care
Decision making
Evidence based health care
Experts
Health care
Health problems
Health status
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units
Nursing
Pandemics
Patients
Pneumonia, Viral
SARS Virus
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Summary:Extreme situations are developing in Spanish hospitals and intensive care units due to the care logistics and isolation demands associated with growing numbers of affected patients. A care overload will inevitably be associated with an increase in errors linked to care (Oliveira et al., 2016; Novaretti et al., 2014; Aiken et al., 2014), while patient care by non-experts in the area will undoubtedly be associated with poorer health outcomes (Faisy et al., 2016). Seeking evidence to support decisions in opposition to an initial decision before making a final decision Table 1 Possible solutions to overcome biases.
ISSN:0964-3397
1532-4036
DOI:10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102861