Some Red Rules Shouldn't Rule In Hospitals.

4 P&T® • January 2012 • Vol. 37 No. 1 a red rule—is evaluated to determine whether the breach was caused by human error, at-risk behavior, or reckless behavior, regardless of the staff member’s rank, popularity, or importance to the company. Red rules should not be used as a means to discipline workers for breaking particular rules; they should serve as a way to empower the entire workforce to take action if a critical rule is broken. As with any rule, repeated violations of a red rule should spur an evaluation of internal systems that might have made it difficult to follow the rule.