Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti 1/2013

Teamwork in the analysis process medikation misconduct

Prevention of the undesirable events at the medical facilities is based not only on the elaboration of the system of the quality treatment, but also particularly on the analysis of the possible causes and revelation of the crisis areas leading to the undesirable events. The key part of the prevention of the medical errors is also the well-formed team and the effective collaboration of all the members. Medical errors are considered the most risk indicators and therefore the profound system and medical process analysis is utmost necessary. The article introduces the general overview of the error classification in medication and possible analyses that could be used not only in terms of the solutions of the undesirable situations, but also as the preventive measures related to this issue. We introduce e.g. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) in the overview.