title: [Avoiding human errors in the hospital--mission possible?!].
abstract: The way to combat the high frequency of errors and mistakes that endanger both the physician and the patient is by root cause analysis of accidents as well as investigation of "near misses". There is a need for a new approach to error prevention by re-education of the medical teams. A few examples are presented on how to approach an untoward event so as to learn from it rather than punish.
authors.affiliation: Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Yoel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Donchin
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D012308:Risk Management