CPSI: Canadian incident analysis framework (revised September 2017)

Summary

The Canadian Incident Analysis Framework is a resource to support those responsible for, or involved in, managing, analysing and/or learning from patient safety incidents in any healthcare setting. The aim is to increase the effectiveness of analysis in enhancing the safety and quality of patient care.

Content

The framework provides methods and tools to assist in answering the following questions:

• What happened?

• How and why it happened?

• What can be done to reduce the likelihood of recurrence and make care safer?

• What was learned?