Library resource guides: ANZCA & FPM CPD Program resources: Root cause analysis (RCA)

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Root cause analysis (RCA)

Structured method of analysing serious adverse events to identify active and latent errors.

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Participate in a root cause analysis (RCA) organised by your department, unit, group, practice or hospital.
Investigate a particular issue - for example: operating room fires - involving: pre-reading, followed by a literature search, review of ANZCA Professional Documents and ANZCA Bulletins, and a review of patient records.
Perform an in-depth case review on an adverse event - for example: an airway emergency involving patient mortality
Undertake an RCA and produce an RCA statement or report
Undertake an RCA looking at modifiable factors following a severity rating 1 incident

CPD Value: CPD participants may claim this under the Practice evaluation - measuring performance root cause analysis (RCA) activity.

SA Health: Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a method of investigating incidents. The purpose of a Root Cause Analysis investigation is to identify system issues that contributed to or resulted in the incident occurring and to provide recommendations for measures to prevent a reoccurrence of a similar incident.
Vic Health: Clinical incident investigations - root cause analysis
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a detailed and thorough investigation performed for sentinel events or critical incidents with a severity rating of 1.
Vic Health: Clinical incident investigations - root cause analysis(RCA) statements and reports
Root cause analysis statements show cause-and-effect relationships of an incident, and make recommendations to reduce the risk of an occurrence.

Title: Root Cause Analysis
This recorded webinar provides an overview of the steps required to complete a root cause analysis for serious incidents in NSW Health.
Duration: 11 mins approx.

ACHS: Root Cause Analysis
Understand the policy and legislative requirements of undertaking a Root Cause Analysis. Develop skills in conducting the RCA process.
The Knowledge Academy: Root Cause Analysis - New Zealand
Learn systematic problem-solving techniques for RCA. Understand underlying issues causing complex problems. Gain skills to prevent recurring issues with our Root Cause Analysis Training.

CPD Value: CPD participants may claim this under Knowledge and skills short format learning activity.

CPD Activity Guide
This guide contains a list of all the activities associated with the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program, as well as links to associated individual activity guides and forms.

ANZCA: Literature Searching Library Guide
Learn more about how to conduct your own literature search and the ANZCA library's literature search service.
ANZCA: Journals
ANZCA Library subscribes to 1,100+ full-text journals, with access to an additional 10,100+ open-access and legacy e-journals.
ANZCA: Safety & Quality Resources Library Guide
This guide contains resources and information to complement those on the ANZCA Safety & Advocacy website. It includes a list of relevant college professional documents (policies, position statements, guidelines).
ANZCA: Safety & Advocacy Hub
This hub brings together resources related to safety, standards of practice - including anaesthetic incident reporting (webAIRS), critical incident debriefing, advocacy, and indigenous and global health, including those resources available through the ANZCA library.
ANZCA: Professional documents and statements
Our professional documents, statements and guidelines are crucial for promoting the safety and quality of patient care for those undergoing anaesthesia for surgical and other procedures and for those receiving pain medicine treatment.