Error or “act of God”? A study of patients' and operating room team members' perceptions of error definition, reporting, and disclosure
SurgeryPublished 22 December 2005
Sherry Espin, Wendy Levinson, Glenn Regehr, G. Ross Baker, Lorelei Lingard
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A strong culture of individualism pervades nurses' perception of error reporting, suggesting that interventions are needed to foster collective responsibility and a constructive approach to error identification.
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Both operative teams and patients define error in terms of breaking the rules and the concept of "no harm no foul." These concepts pose challenges for treating errors as system failures. A strong culture of individualism pervades nurses' perception of error reporting, suggesting that interventions are needed to foster collective responsibility and a constructive approach to error identification.
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