Anaes SAQs · Patient safety, human factors & CRM
The systems approach and the Swiss cheese model
Primary — the Reason Swiss cheese model (the defence layers, the aligned holes); the active failures (the sharp end — the slip, the lapse, the mistake) vs the latent failures (the blunt end — the design, the staffing, the production pressure); the systems redesign over the blame; the just culture.
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Describe the systems approach to the patient safety, the Swiss cheese model, and the distinction between the active and the latent failures.
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Describe the systems approach to the patient safety, the Swiss cheese model, and the distinction between the active and the latent failures.
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