Identifying systems failures in the pathway to a catastrophic event: an analysis of national incident report data relating to vinca alkaloids.

Bryony Dean Franklin; Sukhmeet Panesar; Charles A. Vincent; Liam J. Donaldson

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Identifying systems failures in the pathway to a catastrophic event: an analysis of national incident report data relating to vinca alkaloids.

April 9, 2014

Franklin BD, Panesar S, Vincent CA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(9):765-772.

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Although there have been no reported accidental spinal injection of a vinca alkaloid in the United Kingdom since 2001, this study looked at upstream safety issues that could cause this fatal complication. The method used in this study provides a model for evaluating the resilience of safety practices, even in the absence of actual harmful events.

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