Abstract
<strong>Key words: </strong>Risk management; litigation; negligence. DOI: 10.4038/sljog.v31i1.1733 <em>Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology</em> 2009; <strong>31</strong>: 10-15
Highlights
To err is human and to learn from error is humane
Australian Quality and Safety Council (2001) define adverse events as "an incident in which harm resulted to a person receiving health care"[5]
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a methodical way of analysing what goes wrong in order to prevent them happening again
Summary
Unintended outcomes are part of reality in health care If they result from errors they are considered to be preventable, these outcomes could be improved. Errors are an important starting point to improve patient safety. Hippocratic oath[1] states that “I will keep patients from harm and injustice” This issue became the most popular concept in the recent past because it is seen as a key component in influencing health practitioners’ behaviour and possible likelihood of litigation. Clinical Risk Management (CRM) is an approach to improving the quality and safe delivery of health. McNeill and Walton’s article[3] reasons the importance of managing risk, these include. Within a healthcare context risk management has 4 important stages: 1.
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