Experience feedback committees: A way of implementing a root cause analysis practice in hospital medical departments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The experience feedback committee (EFC) is a tool designed to involve medical teams in patient safety management, through root cause analysis (RCA) within the team.

Objectives

To investigate the functioning of EFCs in the departments of a large university-affiliated hospital in France and to consider its potential contribution to the management of patient safety.

Methods

Cross-sectional, observational study, based on an analysis of the documents produced by the EFCs for 1 year. Data were collected independently by two investigators in meeting minutes, adverse event reports and event analysis reports.

Results

The study included all 20 EFCs operating in the hospital's medical departments. During the study year, committees held 164 meetings, reviewed 17

SUBMITTER: Francois P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6062066 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature