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Which system collects data on error for internal and external monitoring

Event reporting system

Human factor design component

1- Checklist


2- Electronic medical records


3- Verifying patients identification prior to procedures

Clinical pathways, guideline and checklist are examples of what type of human factor design

Standardization


Improve process reliability

Electrical medical records are what type of human factor design

Simplification


To reduce wasteful activity

PDSA cycle

Plan - Define problem and solution


Do- Test new process


Study - measure and analyze data


Act - integrate new process into workflow

Function of the PDSA model

Process improvement model to test changes

Quality measurements

1- Structural - physical equipment, resources and faculty


2- Process - Performance of system as planned


3- Outcome - Impact on patients


4- Balancing - Impact on other system and outcome

Swiss cheese model

Prevent harm in the system however harm can occur when the holes line up

Types of medical errors

Active error


Latent error


Never events


Near misses

Active error

1- Occur at the level of frontline operator


2- Immediate effect

Latent Error

1- Occur in the process indirectly from the operator


2- Impact on patients care


3- Accident waiting to happen

Never events

1- Adverse events that are identifiable serious and usually preventable


2- Must never happen

Near miss

Error does not harm the patient

Burn out

1- Stress


2- Detachment/ Depersonalization


3- Lack of fulfillment/ accomplishment


4- Lack of interest/ attention


5- Decrease immunity


6- Medical error due to lack of interest

Fatigue

1- Lack of energy


2- Sleep deprivation


3- Cognitive impairment


4- Medical error due to compromised intellectual function

Medical error analysis

Root cause analysis


Failure mode and effect analysis

Root cause analysis

1- Retrospective approach


2- Applied after failure to prevent occurrence

Failure mode and effect analysis

1- Forward looking approach


2- Applied before occurrence