Health Care

Root Cause Analysis

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Analyses, Root Cause
  • Analysis, Root Cause
  • Cause Analyses, Root
  • Cause Analysis, Root
  • Root Cause Analyses

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2012

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  1. N05.715w.360.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Root Cause Analysis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D060891. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D060891
  2. Root Cause Analysis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root-cause_analysis
  3. Root Cause Analysis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401207