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Survey evaluation of the National Patient Safety Agency’s Root Cause Analysis training programme in England and Wales: knowledge, beliefs and reported practices.

August 26, 2009

Wallace LM, Spurgeon P, Adams S, et al. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2009;18(4).

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Formal root cause analysis (RCA) training conducted by the United Kingdom's National Patient Safety Agency improved participants' understanding of how to properly conduct an RCA. However, a follow-up survey several months later revealed that organizational barriers frequently limited the implementation and dissemination of RCA results.

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