Reasons for the Failure of Incident Reporting in the Healthcare and Rail Industries
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Incident reporting systems have recently been established across the UK rail and healthcare industries. These initiatives have built on the perceived success of reporting systems within aviation. There is, however, a danger that the proponents of these schemes have signi cantly over-estimated the impact that they can have upon the operation of complex, safety-critical systems. This paper, therefore, provides a brief overview of the problems that limit the utility of incident reporting in the the rail and healthcare industries.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002