Description

Determination of what process prevented the event from reaching the patient.

On-Screen Instructions

Select one.

Field Type

Responses

• Fail-safe/safeguard worked effectively

• Action by pharmacist or staff who made the error prevented the event from reaching the patient

• Action by pharmacist or staff (other than person making the error) prevented the event from reaching the patient

• Unknown

• Other (please describe)

Guide for Use

Answer this question only if you are reporting an event that did not reach the patient (sometimes called a “near miss” or a “close call”). The answer selections are intended to be mutually exclusive. However, if it appears to you that “Fail-safe/safeguard worked effectively” and one of the other selections both apply, select “Fail-safe/safeguard worked effectively.”

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