10. We nemen het anderen meer kwalijk dat ze onze fouten kennen, dan
onszelf dat wij daaraan mank gaan.
Multatuli
We hold it more against others to know our
failures, than to hold our failures against
ourselves
Multatuli (Dutch writer)
14. 1. (Vrijwel) geen aanwijzingen
2. Geringe aanwijzingen
3. minder dan 50-50 maar ‘close call’
4. meer dan 50-50 maar ‘close call’
5. Sterke aanwijzingen
6. (Vrijwel) zeker aanwijzingen
Vermijdbaarheid van schade
15. 0,0%
0,4%
0,8%
1,2%
1,6%
Diagnose Surgical Treatment Medication Care Release Others
2004
2008
2012
Surgery is responsible for 60% of all Avoidable Errors (22.500)
Monitor Zorggerelateerde Schade 2012, NIVEL
Direct costs are > 126M euro per year
16.
17.
18. Systemic learning
I am always ready to learn
although I do not always like
to be taught
Winston Churchill
19.
20. Small errors, serious consequences
Split second decisions
Individual skills and teamwork
21. I know a lot of doctors who became recreational pilots, but
I don’t know one pilot who became a recreational doctor.
http://skepticalscalpel.blogspot.nl/2011/01/surgeons-are-not-pilots.html
27. KLM (RADIO) Ah roger, sir, we are cleared to the Papa Beacon flight level nine
zero until intercepting the three two five. We are now at take-off
…
TENERIFE TOWER OK....[static noise]
... (KLM initiates take-off)
TENERIFE TOWER Ah, papa alpha one seven three six report the runway clear.
PAN AM (RADIO) OK, will report when we're clear.
...
KLM FLT ENGR (CVR) [Is he not clear, that Pan American?]
KLM CAPTAIN (CVR) [Oh yes. - emphatic]
[Pan Am captain sees landing lights of KLM Boeing at approx. 700 m]
PAN AM CAPTAIN There he is ... look at him. Goddamn that son-of-a-bitch is
coming!
http://planecrashinfo.com/cvr770327.htm
28. KLM (RADIO) Ah roger, sir, we are cleared to the Papa Beacon flight level nine
zero until intercepting the three two five. We are now at take-off
…
TENERIFE TOWER OK....Stand by for take-off, I will call you.
... (KLM initiates take-off)
TENERIFE TOWER Ah, papa alpha one seven three six report the runway clear.
PAN AM (RADIO) OK, will report when we're clear.
...
KLM FLT ENGR (CVR) [Is he not clear, that Pan American?]
KLM CAPTAIN (CVR) [Oh yes. - emphatic]
[Pan Am captain sees landing lights of KLM Boeing at approx. 700 m]
PAN AM CAPTAIN There he is ... look at him. Goddamn that son-of-a-bitch is
coming!
29. PLANE1234: [call sign] ready for departure at Runway three zero
TOWER: [call sign], you are cleared for take off Runway three zero
PLANE5678: [call sign] Runway vacated
Lessons Tenerife
33. Not Received 7%Not Transmitted 49% Misunderstanding 44%
Patterns of Communication Breakdowns Resulting in Injury to Surgical Patients, Greenberg, 2007
Failures due to communication errors (60 out of 258)
35. (my) Observations
• High fault tolerance
• Strong hierarchy
• Going through the motions of checklists
• Chasm between disciplines
• Unreliable documentation
http://www.icrowds.net/2014/01/observatie-in-de-operatiekamer/
38. Central line checklist
1. Wash your hands with soap.
1. Clean the patient’s skin with chlorhexidine
antiseptic.
2. Put sterile drapes over the entire patient.
3. Wear a sterile mask, hat, gown and gloves.
4. Put a sterile dressing over the catheter site.
Berenholtz, S. M., Pronovost, P. J., Lipsett, P. a., Hobson, D., Earsing, K., Farley, J. E., … Perl, T. M. (2004). Eliminating
catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit*. Critical Care Medicine, 32(10), 2014–2020
39.
40. Stop and count to 10
Think about your options
Do what you think is best
V
V
V
Checklists
46. Safety culture
45% of surgeons think junior team members
should not question decisions compared to 6%
of pilots
70% of surgeons say they have no averse effect
of fatigue compared to 26% of pilots
62% of surgeons rate teamwork with
anaesthetists high compared to 42% of
anaesthetists with surgeons
Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys
J Bryan Sexton, Eric J Thomas, Robert L Helmreich, 2000
47. Reporting errors
50% find it difficult to report errors
reasons of underreporting
personal reputation (75%)
Claims (71%)
Expectations of surroundings (68%)
Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys
J Bryan Sexton, Eric J Thomas, Robert L Helmreich, 2000
48. 1. Compensate quickly and
fairly when unreasonable
medical care causes injury.
2. Defend medically
reasonable care vigorously
3. Reduce patient injuries (and
therefore claims) by learning
from patients’ experiences.
Boothman, R., & Blackwell, A. (2009). A better approach to medical malpractice claims? The University of Michigan experience. Journal of health & life sciences law, 2(2)
• 50% less judicial costs
• From 20 to 8 months
University of Michigan claims
49. Safety culture
• Reporting culture
• Just culture
• Flexible culture
• Learning culture
Informed culture
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James Reason: Managing the risks of organizational accidents
50. Reporting culture
• Indemnity for honest mistakes
• Confidentiality
• Separation of analysis and authority
• Timely and relevant feedback
• Ease of reporting
Trust
64. Non-Technical skills
• Situational awareness
• Gathering information, Understanding information, Projecting
and anticipating future state
• Decision making
• Considering options, Selecting and communicating options,
Implementing and reviewing decisions
• Communication and teamwork
• Exchanging information, Establishing a shared understanding,
Coordinating team activities
• Leadership
• Setting and maintaining standards, Supporting others, Coping
with pressure
NOTSS handbook 1.2, 2006
65. AnticipationContaiment
• Preoccupation with failure
• Actively find failures and learn
• Reluctance to simplify
– Challenge beliefs, don’t stop asking why
• Sensitivity to operations
• Grasp context and flow
• Commitment to resilience
• Discipline, know what is important
• Deference to expertise
– Open channels
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/5-traits-of-high-reliability-organizations-how-to-
hardwire-each-in-your-organization.html?goback=%2Egde_4877284_member_240196966
High reliability organisations
Failure
Succes
? ? ?
80. 2009: start ReMarketable
2010: idea for OR black box
2010: 1st Contact RadboudUMC
2013: Trial in animal OR
2014: Agreement Justice department
& Inspection
2015: first 10 takes in RadboudUMC
2016: Start UMCG?
83. External forces
• Production pressures
• Visibility of accidents for the general public
• Can it happen to everyone or only a small group
• Can we depend on our skills
86. Defences
• Understanding and awareness
• Guidance
• Alarms and warnings
• Restore
• Containment
• Escape and rescue
87. Barriers
• the need to limit the discretion of workers
• the need to reduce worker autonomy
• the need to make the transition from a craftsmanship
mindset to that of equivalent actors
• the need for system-level (senior leadership)
arbitration to optimize safety strategies
• the need for simplification
Editors, S., Barach, P., Amalberti, R., Auroy, Y., & Berwick, D. (2005). Improving Patient
Care Five System Barriers to Achieving Ultrasafe Health Care.
88. Risks
Known un-knowns
(meta instructions (think!))
“If .. stop and think”
Known knowns
(training, checklists, ..)
“Do this”
Un-known knowns
(implicit culture)
“This is how we do it”
Un-known un-knowns
(resilience)
“Do not take anything for
granted”
Do we
know
the
risk?
Do we know how to deal with the risk?
89. Dimensions
• type of expected performance
• from daily routine work to highly innovative, and standardized or repetitive
• interface of health care providers with patients
• from full autonomy to full supervision
• type of regulations
• from few recommendations to full specification of regulations at an international level
• pressure for justice after an accident
• from little judicial scrutiny to routine lawsuits against people and systems
• supervision and transparency by media and people in the street of the activity
• from little concern to high demand for national supervision
Editors, S., Barach, P., Amalberti, R., Auroy, Y., & Berwick, D. (2005). Improving Patient
Care Five System Barriers to Achieving Ultrasafe Health Care.
90. “A lot of you are going to have to make decisions above
your level. Make the best decision that you can with the
information that’s available to you at the time, and, above
all, do the right thing”
Lee Scott, CEO Walmart (day before Katrina)
96. • To be human is to err …
• “Safe” incident reporting
• Systemic errors
• Learning, not prosecution
• Gross negligence remains punishable
– Honest mistakes not
punitive blame free
safety
105. Situation
“Blood pressure is below 60”
Background
“Life signs are critical”
Assessment
“Extensive blood loss will lead to a dangerous situation”
Recommendation
“Do not proceed”
108. • Team Leadership
• Backup Behavior
• Mutual performance monitoring
• Communication adaptability
• Shared mental models
• Mutual trust
• Team orientation
Baker, D. P., Day, R., & Salas, E. (2006). Teamwork as an essential component of high-reliability organizations. Health services research, 41(4 Pt 2), 1576–98
109. • hypercomplexity
• tightly coupled
• extreme hierarchical (role) differentiation
• many decision makers working in complex communication networks
• high degree of accountability
• frequent, im- mediate feedback regarding decisions
• compressed time factors
• synchronized outcomes
Charactaristics HRO’s
111. 3,7% adverse events (3,2 to 4,2)
27,6% of adverse events are preventable (22,5 to 32,6)
70,5% > 6 month, 2,6% permanent, 13,6% death
Harvard Medical Practice Study, 1991
(records from 1984)
112. Safety culture
Act
lessons learned
adaption to instruments
analyses of outcomes
analysis of processes
Check
observation
Do
Plan
checklists
training syllabi
formal communication
113. Plan the proces
- checklists, … Do accoording to
agreed processes
Check expected
outcomes with
reality
Act on deviations
- analise and adapt
114.
115.
116. Cabana, M., Rand, C., & Powe, N. (1999). Why Don’t Physicians Follow Clinical Practice Guidelines?
117. Gut feeling
Task management
Teamwork
Leadership
1. The team leader let the team know what was expected of them through
direction and comma
2. The team leader maintained a global prospect
3. The team communicated effectively
4. The team worked together to complete tasks in a timely manner
5. The team acted with composure and control
6. The team morale was positive
7. The team adapted to changing situations
8. The team monitored and reassessed the situation
9. The team anticipated potential actions
10.The team prioritized tasks
11.The team followed approved standards/guidelines Total
12.global rating
Cooper, S., Cant, R., Porter, J., Sellick, K., Somers, G., Kinsman, L., & Nestel, D. (2010). Rating medical emergency
teamwork performance: development of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM). Resuscitation, 81(4), 446–52.
118. we do well
we could do more of
we could do less of
One thing