"Root Cause Analysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Multi-step systematic review process used for improving safety by investigation of incidents to find what happened, why it happened, and to determine what can be done to prevent it from happening again.
| Descriptor ID |
D060891
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N05.715.360.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Root Cause Analysis- Root Cause Analysis
- Analyses, Root Cause
- Analysis, Root Cause
- Cause Analyses, Root
- Cause Analysis, Root
- Root Cause Analyses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Root Cause Analysis" by people in Profiles.
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Wasfy JH, Strom JB, O'Brien C, Zai AH, Luttrell J, Kennedy KF, Spertus JA, Zelevinsky K, Normand SL, Mauri L, Yeh RW. Causes of short-term readmission after percutaneous coronary intervention. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Feb; 7(1):97-103.
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Mallett R, Conroy M, Saslaw LZ, Moffatt-Bruce S. Preventing wrong site, procedure, and patient events using a common cause analysis. Am J Med Qual. 2012 Jan-Feb; 27(1):21-9.