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Expanded definitions of MERS-TM terminology.

active failures or active errors

antecedent event (See consequent event)

barrier (See recovery – planned and unplanned)

blame free culture

causal tree (See root cause analysis)

cause codes (See root cause codes)

Classification and Description

codes (See event codes or root cause codes)

Computation

consequent event

context dependence phenomena

Description (See Classification and Description)

Detection

detection sensitivity level (DSL)

 

 

 

error (See active failure or latent failure)

event

event codes

Event Discovery Report

event severity level (ESL)

expanded investigation

human error (See active failures)

IOM Report (See To Err is Human)

iceberg model of events

Interpretation

Investigation (See routine investigation and expanded investigation)

just culture

latent failure or error

MERS-TM

misadventure

near miss event

no harm event

 

 

punitive culture

recovery – planned and unplanned (See barrier)

recovery side (See causal tree)

risk

RAI (Risk Assessment Index)

reckless conduct standard

root cause (See root cause analysis)

root cause analysis

root cause codes

rough root cause codes

Selection

severity

Swiss Cheese Model

To Err is Human

Intentional violation of safe practices

vulnerability space

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