SKYbrary: Safety occurrence reporting (2 October 2020)

Summary

This article, published on SKYbrary, discusses the importance of correct safety reporting in the aviation industry. Safety occurrence reporting aims to improve safety of aircraft operations by timely detection of operational hazards and system deficiencies; the aviation service provider organisations have a legal responsibility to report to their national authorities all accidents or serious incidents of which they become aware.  Although for the aviation industry, some of the principles can be applied to healthcare.