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Swiss Cheese Model: How Systems Fail

Swiss Cheese Model: How Systems Fail

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
  • Explain how the Swiss Cheese Model provides a theoretical framework for understanding how errors occur within systems.
  • Use the Swiss Cheese Model to analyze how an error can occur in a healthcare setting.
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Material Type:
Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:
January 15, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:
October 11, 2012
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Submitter:
Eileen Horn
Primary Audience:
College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:
Website, Flash
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Language:
English
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No
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States

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