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What is a Close Call?

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission (OPSC) defines a “close call” or “near miss” as a situation that has the potential to cause an adverse event, or a situation that causes an adverse event but fails to reach the patient because of chance or because it is intercepted. Close calls include cases where there was the potential for an adverse event but no actual adverse event occurred (harm category A) or where the adverse event did not reach the patient (harm category B). OPSC encourages organizations to investigate “close calls” because they give facilities an opportunity to solve identified problems before a single patient has to experience an adverse event.

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