ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF A SENTINEL EVENT Diane Swintek Western Governors University Root Cause Analysis of a Sentinel Event A root cause analysis (RCA) is a method by which we can examine a serious adverse event and identify the cause‚ or causes‚ that led up to the event. Although personnel are involved in these events‚ the primary purpose of the RCA is to identify the cause‚ not to assign blame (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality‚ 2014). It is through identifying a cause‚ or
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prepare the drink. The blender turned on for few seconds and suddenly turned back off‚ making the preparation of the beverage impossible. The conditions that created the problem to occur are an overloads of the electric capacity of the generator which cause the malfunction and successively the shutdown of it. The co worker was not enough trained and ready to reset the generator and put it back to work. The employee tried to contact me to solve the problem but the phone didn’t work and the call didn’t
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properly investigate the situation in hopes to learn from the event and hinder another episode. The following will discuss procedures used to investigate sentinel events such as root cause analysis‚ change theory and failure mode and effects analysis using the scenario involving Mr. B in Task 2 instructions. A. Root Cause Analysis Nursing is a profession of helping others. Those who choose to work in healthcare never intended on harming. However‚ if harm does come to a patient proper policy and procedure
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concern in the past years have been as high incidents of medication errors in assisted living facilities. Medication administration is a common procedure in an assisted living community in which many are non-nursing. However because nurses are not required there are many times when medication errors occur. The question is one that makes health care professionals think before responding. Well let’s offer a few suggestions‚ continued medication checks‚ med carts reviews and well trained staff members
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..................3 Summaries of Journal Articles......................................................................3 Key Aspects: Medication Errors and their Causes.............................................. 4 Impact on Client Care.................................................................................5 Strategies to prevent Medication Errors ..........................................................6 Conclusion................................................................
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Root Cause Analysis: Review of a Sentinel Event Western Governors University Root Cause Analysis: Review of a Sentinel Event Brief Description of the Event A 13 year-old girl‚ Tina‚ was admitted for outpatient surgery on September 14. Tina was accompanied by her mother‚ who was informed by nursing personnel she would be in surgery approximately 45 minutes and then recovery for one hour. Tina’s mother informed nursing personnel that she would be leaving‚ but would provide her cell phone number
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solutions can cause deeper isolation within students who are already marginal to the school’s social structure and root-cause interventions can assist with building empathy amongst students on a school campus. Type of Blaming Aronson (2000) explains two types of blaming that occur after mass violence has occurred. The first type of blaming includes the blaming that is” aimed at finding the cause of the disaster so that we might come up with a workable intervention” (p.
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pass‚ hospital experience growth and with growth come many problems. For example medication errors which are the number one concern in health care. Being able to give out the correct medication and dose at times can be very confusing for many reasons. What is a worker supposed to do? As you read‚ you will learn on a plan proposed to make less medication errors and to improve health care quality. Medication errors are a very big problem that can happen to any health care organization. Being able
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- a 10x for Root Cause Analysis Ram Chillarege Chillarege Inc. April 2006 ram@chillarege.com‚ +1 (917) 790 9390‚ www.chillarege.com Abstract -- Orthogonal Defect Classification (ODC) allows us to do a “10x” on Root Cause Analysis (RCA). It is a 10x in terms of the time it takes to perform root cause analysis and a 10x in terms of the coverage on the defect stream. These productivity enhancements are achieved by raising the level of abstraction and systematizing the analysis methodology
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validate root causes in a lean sigma approach Silvia Pederzolli Milan‚ the 15th of april 2013 attivaRes Define Opportunities Measure Performance Analyze Opportunity Improve Performance Control Performance CCR’S Objective • • • • • Identify problem statement: what is wrong and why. Deviation from what is expected (targeted performance). How much/how often Effects on Customers. Find and validate the root causes that assure the elimination of “real” root causes. Actions
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