Reason's accident causation model: application to adverse events in acute care.

Malcolm Elliott; Karen Page; Linda Worrall-Carter

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Reason's accident causation model: application to adverse events in acute care.

February 13, 2013

Elliott M, Page K, Worrall-Carter L. Contemp Nurse. 2012;43(1):22-8.

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This commentary discusses how Reason's accident causation model is used to analyze adverse events and identify factors that contribute to error.

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