Patient Safety Incident Analysis
- Topics
- Patient safety
- Audience
Quality or safety improvement lead
Point of care provider
Healthcare leader
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Incident analysis is a structured process for identifying what happened, how and why it happened, what can be done to reduce the risk of recurrence and make care safer, and what was learned. It is an integral activity in the incident management continuum, which represents the activities and processes that surround a patient safety incident.
The framework was developed collaboratively by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI - now Healthcare Excellence Canada), the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada , Saskatchewan Health, Patients for Patient Safety Canada, Paula Beard, Carolyn Hoffman and Micheline Ste-Marie. The framework is based on the 2006 Canadian Root Cause Analysis Framework.
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