The Swiss cheese model of safety incidents: are there holes in the metaphor?

Thomas Perneger V

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The Swiss cheese model of safety incidents: are there holes in the metaphor?

February 22, 2010

Perneger T. BMC Health Serv Res. 2005;5:71.

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The author examined the varying interpretations of Reason's Swiss cheese model and found considerable variation among health care professionals.

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