An evidence-based toolkit for the development of effective and sustainable root cause analysis system safety solutions.

Zachary Hettinger; Rollin J. Fairbanks; Sudeep Hegde; Alexandra S. Rackoff; John Wreathall; Vicki L. Lewis; Ann Bisantz; Robert L. Wears

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An evidence-based toolkit for the development of effective and sustainable root cause analysis system safety solutions.

October 23, 2013

Hettinger Z, Fairbanks RJ, Hegde S, et al. J Healthc Risk Manag. 2013;33(2):11-20.

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The authors reviewed 334 root cause analyses (RCA) using systems science principles to create a toolkit for applying RCA results to make practice changes.

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