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near miss: a standalone construct

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near miss1 CONSTRUCTNear miss (Patient)BARACH · PATIENT SAFETY

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Patient safety

an error or hazard that could have harmed a patient but was caught or by chance did not.

In patient safety, near miss refers to an error or hazard that could have harmed a patient but was caught or by chance did not. This meaning comes from Barach (2000) in BMJ.[1]

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References

  1. Barach, P. (2000). Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems. BMJ, 320(7237), 759-763. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.320.7237.759

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