[Expert Solution]: Before early 1950’s, there were reports…

Before early 1950’s, there were reports that patients under anesthesia died of hypoxia when technicians misconnected oxygen pipelines with lines from nitrous oxide tanks. When this happened, anesthesiologists turned on oxygen valve but delivered nitrous oxide gas to the patient, instead of intended oxygen gas. Which of the following interventions would you rank as the most effective to prevent patient harms from accidental misconnections? Installing a “pin-index safety system” such that it was not possible to connect nitrous oxide tanks to oxygen lines Attaching warning labels to all oxygen pipelines and nitrous oxide tank Educating all technicians during the on-boarding process about the danger of misconnecting the tanks Requiring double-checks every time a tank is replaced Question 2 0.5 pts According to the Hierarchy of Interventions, what is the most effective interventions to prevent human factors errors: Educate Redesign Substitute Eliminate Question 3 0.5 pts To prevent IV medication errors, a hospital decides to purchase smart IV pump with programed infusion formula for all IV medications used in the hospital. What Human Factors Intervention is applied here? Double checks Checklists Job aids Job redesign