Alison Kay, Siobhan Corrigan , Sam Cromie
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Alison Kay is an Occupational Psychologist based at the Centre for Innovative Human Systems. Her core focus is on the human aspects of safety critical systems. She has worked on human factors research projects in aviation, healthcare, the process industries, maritime industry and manufacturing. Her research has addressed decision making, competence, process modelling and resource management for training, procedure writing and accident investigation. In 2008, Alison was one of the Human Factors Integration Defence Technology Centre team awarded the UK Ergonomics Society President's Medal 'for significant contributions to original research, the development of methodology and the application of knowledge within the field of ergonomics'
Abstract
Abstract : Reducing and Mitigating the Risk of Foreign Object Retention in Surgery, Midwifery and Obstetrics