Human Performance Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Regulatory Innovation?
In the pharmaceutical sector, human error isn’t just a “mistake”—it can affect patient safety, production and quality.
Human Factors for Biological Containment Labs
Biological containment labs handle some of the most dangerous pathogens, yet human error remains a critical risk factor in their operations.
On Crafting Effective and Safe Procedures
In safety-critical industries, having a procedure isn’t enough—it needs to be both accurate and user-friendly. A well-crafted procedure can enhance safety, reduce risks, and streamline operations, but only if it’s easy to follow and understand.
Failure Modes and Mechanisms in Safety Critical Task Analysis (SCTA)
In the realm of safety critical tasks industries, identifying both failure modes and mechanisms is essential for effective risk management and performance improvement. We dive into this crucial topic, exploring how failure modes and failure mechanisms impact human performance.
CAPA Culture and systems: Organisational learning in pharmaceutical manufacture
At HRA, we have found that reporting culture isn’t quite as healthy as we might hope, both in healthcare and other industries.
SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA): A Case Study for Quality Improvement (QI)
This is our latest blog post on SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA) and how it can enhance Quality Improvement (QI). With over 15 years in human factors across diverse sectors, I’ve seen firsthand how SCTA can elevate human performance in complex environments.
Organisational learning – how mature is your organisation?
Following his last blog on safety culture in healthcare, Steve describes the traits of a healthy reporting culture, its impact on organisational learning and the need to adopt a proactive approach to risk and safety.
Introduction to Human Factors SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA): Going beyond safety
In a world where efficiency, productivity, and excellence are paramount, organisations are constantly seeking methods to optimise their processes, streamline operations, and meet their objectives. One such approach is SYSTEMS Critical Task Analysis (SCTA). CTAs are most typically used for safety assessment. Systems CTA extends this focus to other applications such as enhancing efficiency, improving quality, and optimizing processes.
Safety culture? What’s the point?
“Safety culture” is something that many will have heard of. But what is safety culture? Is it important for actual safety outcomes – or is it an entirely academic matter, with no relation to how things work in your organisation? Does having a positive culture make any difference in the real world?
Unlocking success: From errors in documentation to Human Performance innovation
If you have more document errors than you want, read our blog to find out how you can unlock success, reduce errors and apply learning in real time.
