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/ Errors of commission vs. errors of omissionErrors of commission vs. errors errors of omission of omission June 10, 2014 by Josh Farkas Leave a Comment Introduction 0 I just heard Scott Weingart’s new
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podcast about errors of omission compared to errors of commission. The podcast was inspired by a patient with aortic dissection and hemopericardium who arrested and died, without any attempt made to error of commission in healthcare drain the pericardium. This raised the question of whether our culture of “do no harm” has led us to fear errors of commission to such an extent that we are paralyzed to act in emergent situations. 0 Balancing errors of omission and commission is tricky. I have seen similar errors of omission in pericardial tamponade where there was a failure to act errors of omission and commission psychology due to hesitancy of a non-cardiologist to drain the pericardium. On the other hand, I’ve also seen many errors of commission when unnecessary procedures were performed emergently under suboptimal conditions. Both types of error can be lethal. 0 The Commission/Omission Equation 0 0 The commission-omission equation is a way to balance errors of omission vs. errors of commission, a calculation which we perform subconsciously. For patients who are not significantly ill, the focus is on avoiding errors of commission (“first do no harm”). Such patients aren’t very sick, so there’s little to be gained by aggressive interventions. As patients become increasingly ill, then the potential benefit of interventions increases and it is sensible to treat more aggressively while accepting more errors of commission. The extreme situation would be a patient who is coding, a situation where there is little to be lost so the focus is on avoiding errors of omission – anything that might work should be tried. 0 Problems arise when clinicians get accustomed to working at one part of the commission-omission equation and fail to adapt to the situation properly. For ex
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T U V W X Y Z E Error An act of commission (doing something wrong) or omission (failing to do the right thing) that leads to an undesirable outcome or significant potential for such an outcome. For http://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/errors-of-commission-vs-errors-of-omission/ instance, ordering a medication for a patient with a documented allergy to that medication would be an act of commission. Failing to prescribe a proven medication with major benefits for an eligible patient (e.g., low-dose unfractionated heparin as venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for a patient after hip replacement surgery) would represent an error of omission. Errors of omission are more difficult to recognize than errors of commission but likely represent a larger problem. In other words, https://psnet.ahrq.gov/glossary/e there are likely many more instances in which the provision of additional diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive modalities would have improved care than there are instances in which the care provided quite literally should not have been provided. In many ways, this point echoes the generally agreed-upon view in the health care quality literature that underuse far exceeds overuse, even though the latter historically received greater attention. (See definition for Underuse, Overuse, Misuse.) In addition to commission vs. omission, three other dichotomies commonly appear in the literature on errors: active failures vs. latent conditions, errors at the sharp end vs. errors at the blunt end, and slips vs. mistakes. Error Chain Error chain generally refers to the series of events that led to a disastrous outcome, typically uncovered by a root cause analysis. Sometimes the chain metaphor carries the added sense of inexorability, as many of the causes are tightly coupled, such that one problem begets the next. A more specific meaning of error chain, especially when used in the phrase "break the error chain," relates to the common themes or categories of causes that emerge from root cause analyses. These categories go by different names in different settings, but they generally include (1) failure to follow standard operating procedures, (2) poor leadership, (3) breakdowns in communication or teamwork, (4) overlooking or ignoring indi
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