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Studies have shown for many years that the cause of errors or patient injury is in a high proportion of cases to be found under human factors. Human factors include all those factors which determine the safety and capabilities of humans especially in complex situations or systems. Up to now this topic has barely been systematically dealt with in training and there is a large deficit. ⋯ Professional performance at the highest level can only be expected from teams which regularly participate in team training for critical situations. In addition to simulation training with human factors, other aspects of patient safety are also essential. The concept of high reliability organizations (HRO) could make an important contribution in the sense of a safe hospital concept and includes the collection and analysis of critical incidents (critical incident reporting system CIRS) as well as the focus on the system of patient safety instead of individual persons and errors.