Inattention causes

An individual makes contact with the machine—usually the moving part— because of inattention caused by fatigue, distraction, curiosity, or deliberate chance taking. 

Strayer describes how inattention caused his accident. Strayer confesses that he and his colleague Barry were so involved in what we were doing ... 

But as frustrating as Haig s inattention to these frequent scoldings could be, uric acid critics were more bothered by the naivete of rank and file physicians, so many of whom, it was charged, had allowed themselves to be conditioned to reflexly diagnose "uric acid diathesis" if any uric acid were found in the patient s urine. That the compound had been able to acquire what one commentator described as a "fixed hold" on the medical profession should not, however, have caused much surprise. (40)... 

In children and adolescents, the decision to medicate is based on problems with inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity that are persistent and sufficiently severe to cause functional impairment at school, at home, and with peers. Before treatment with psychostimulants is instituted, other treatable causes should be ruled out and behavioral interventions considered. To maximize the likelihood of successful treatment with psychostimulants, parents or guardians should be involved in the treatment plan, including monitoring the administration of the medication, learning new disciplinary techniques, and participating in the patient s follow-up appointments (42). 

In 1988, the total cost of work-related accidents of 47.1 billion was based on 10,600 deaths and 1,800,000 disabling injuries. Included in the estimate of work-related accidents attributable to sleepiness were (a) motor-vehicle accidents due to shift work and on-the-job motor vehicle accidents (35.0% of total work-related accidents), (b) falls during work caused by sleepiness or inattention (12.6%), and (c) water and transportation accidents (4.8%). Therefore, of all work-related accidents, about 52.5% might potentially be related to sleepiness and then, accounting for 5565 fatalities and 945,000 disabling injuries, resulted in a cost of 24.7 billion. 

B. Some hyperactivity-impulsive or inattentive symptoms that caused impairment were present before age 7 years. 

Human error is always a significant factor in elemental analysis. Inadequately trained, inexperienced or simply inattentive analysts may not be able to recognize a developing problem with a potential for blank and sample contamination and to handle it correctly. Unskilled analysts may cause laboratory contamination or cross-contamination between samples due to poor laboratory technique. There is no substitute to proper training and experience for the recognition and prevention of laboratory contamination in the trace level elemental analysis. 

These natural reward centers have developed over the course of evolution to reinforce useful behaviors (e.g., pleasure, sexual satisfaction, eating, and drinking). It is believed that drugs such as cocaine and amphetamine directly stimulate these centers, while opiates free the pathways from inhibitory control. Nicotine, on the other hand, reaches the brain in as little as 10-20 seconds, where it stimulates nicotine receptors to cause dopaminergic neurons to release large quantities of dopamine. After a few hours, dopamine levels decline, causing withdrawal symptoms to readily appear (e.g., anxiety, irritability, and inattentiveness). When cigarette smokers say they need a smoke to steady their nerves, what they really mean is that they have to contend with nicotine withdrawal. 

The Web site sounds innocent enough ADHDinfo.com. But it is sponsored by Novartis, the manufacturer of Ritalin. It opens with the question, What causes attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in school-age children It answers, The exact cause of ADHD is not known. Scientists think that ADHD may be caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain that help to control behavior. So your hyperactive child does not need better discipline he needs a corrected biochemical imbalance. So your inattentive daughter does not need a more interesting classroom she, too, just needs to get those pesky chemicals corrected. 

Attmtion deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterised by inattention, impulsivity and motor overactivity, present before the age of 7 years, and causing pervasive impairment across situations as opposed to occvuring only at school or within the home. Some diagnostic systems use the narrower definition of hyperkinetic disorder rather than ADHD. Hj erkinetic disorder is reported to affect 1-2% of school-aged children in the United Kingdom and ADHD 5%. 

There are three types of systematic errors (1) Instrumental errors are caused by nonideal instrument behavior, by faulty calibrations, or by use under inappropriate conditions. (2) Method errors arise from nonideal chemical or physical behavior of analytical systems. (3) Personal errors result from the carelessness, inattention, or personal limitations of the experimenter. 

Human error is sometimes caused by inattention or poor training, but is frequently caused by a deliberate attempt to shortcut a cumbersome procedure or to make an inconvenient piece of equipment more convenient to use. Accidents caused by labeling are frequently the result of out-of-date labeling, incorrect labeling, or no labeling at all resulting in the incorrect operation of equipment. 

Large Intestine Propulsive peristaltic waves in the colon are diminished or abolished after administration of morphine, and tone is increased to the point of spasm. The resulting delay in the passage of bowel contents causes considerable desiccation of the feces, which, in turn, retards their advance through the colon. The amplitude of the nonpropulsive type of rhythmic contractions of the colon usually is enhanced. The tone of the anal sphincter is augmented, and reflex relaxation in response to rectal distension is reduced. These actions, combined with inattention to the normal sensory stimuli for defecation reflex owing to the central actions of the drug, contribute to morphine-induced constipation. 

A study of the cause of injuries in 50,000 major and minor industrial injury cases reveals that 30 per cent are due to faulty instruction, 22 per cent to inattention, 14 per cent to unsafe practice, and 12 per cent to poorv, discipline, whereas 12 per cent are due to inability, physical and mentah unfitness of the employee, and only 10 per cent to mechanical hazards. 

The potential result of removing or overriding controls, changing prescribed procedures, and inattention to safety-critical features and operations Past accidents and their causes should be reviewed and understood. 

In 2005 and 2006, the risk assessment report was carefully scrutinized and the reasons of occupational accidents discussed in-depth together with management of the company. It was concluded, that the accidents occurred in 2000-2003 were often caused by the lack of safety measures or ignorance of measures by workers while in 2004-2005 the accidents occurred due to the construction principles of certain older machines or worker s inattentiveness of the worker. It is clear, that workers operating with some specific older machine types are easier subjects to work accident and therefore, workers need to be specifically cautious and follow all the safety rules accurately until the company has been able to allocate financial funds to renew the machinery. 

Mistakes by a single staff are not the only origin of errors, but they are also caused by miscommunication or improper management in the organization, such as inattention to minor mistakes or insufficient education on safety management. 

Here is an example. At 4 30 pm on a simny afternoon a driver backs into a pole in a parking lot. The driver s stated reason was he lost track of it. The safety professional immediately assigns inattention by the driver as the cause of the variation. Upon root cause investigation the following is discovered ... 

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 100,000 car crashes each year are caused by drowsy drivers, resulting in at least 1,550 deaths and 40,000 injuries. These accidents are obviously not limited to just the transportation industry, but rather to the population as a whole. No matter the circumstances, it is clear that the inattentive driving that fatigue causes results in injuries and death. 

What were the contribiitmg hictors What was the woric environment like at the time of this situation What were the personal or team factors affecting human performance in this situation (such as inattention, perceptions, judgments, decisions, communication, coordination) Was there a breakdown in a safety defense Please include what you believe really caused the problem. 

Insomnia is characterized as being primary where there is no obvious medical or psychiatric cause. It is a common clinical problan wherein 10-20% of people have chronic insomnia, characterized by trouble sleeping more than three nights a week. It has been directly linked to numerous impacts on individuals such as daytime fatigue, inattention, irritability, poor mood, and reduced energy levels. Consequently, they have reduced productivity, higher woik absenteeism, and an increased risk of depression or substance abuse. There is also a greater risk of traffic and woik-related accidents. Furthermore, studies have shown direct links between circadian rhythm disturbance and an increased risk in health problems, such as diabetes, metabolic disorders and depression. Insomnia is considered secondary if it is caused by external factors such as health conditions, for example, cancer, heart problems, depression, asthma, arthritis, or pain, or as a side effect of medication, or a substance, such as alcohol. 

Personal problems in any of the areas of the relationship of risk to stress. Self-induced stresses cause preoccupation and inattention, which may be masked by detailed testimony. 

While human errors are aU too often Warned on inattention or mistakes on the part of the operator, more often than not they are symptomatic of deeper and more complicated system problems. Human errors are generally caused by technologies, environments, and organizations which are incompatible in some way with optimal human performance. These incompatible factors set up the human operator to make mistakes. So what is to be done to solve this problem Traditionally, management has tried either to cajole or threaten its personnel into not making errors, as though proper motivation could somehow overcome inborn human limitations. In other words, the human has been expected to adapt to the system. This does not work. Instead, what needs to be done is to adapt the system to the human. 

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