Three quarters of preventable patient harm stems from situation awareness breakdowns: recognizing and addressing the core issue.

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Three quarters of preventable patient harm stems from situation awareness breakdowns: recognizing and addressing the core issue.

February 21, 2024

Tscholl DW, Hunn CA, Gasciauskaite G. APSF Newsletter. 2024;39:29–30.

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Situation awareness is a crisis management concept drawn from aviation safety to be used in examination of complex care situations to understand failures and design improvement strategies. This article introduces situation awareness and how lack thereof can jeopardize patient safety.

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