INC-2026-0106·Emergency (Acute Care)
Root Cause Analysis: Equipment discrepancy (Monitor battery failure) in Acute Care
approved
Iterative interrogative technique to explore cause-and-effect relationships underlying the event.
5 Whys Causal Pathway Analysis
Progressive causal interrogation drilling from clinical symptom to systemic safeguard failure.
Why 1
ATT-00419
Why 1: The prescribed protocol was not completed as chartered.
Intelligence Hypothesis:
Strong signal(82%)|Because:
editedWhy 2
ATT-00420
Why 2: Staff were interrupted by an urgent bedside emergency alarm during preparation.
Intelligence Hypothesis:
Strong signal(82%)|Because:
editedWhy 3
ATT-00421
Why 3: The physical medication prep area lacks isolation barriers or do-not-interrupt visual cues.
Intelligence Hypothesis:
Strong signal(82%)|Because:
editedWhy 4
ATT-00422
Why 4: The facility layout was grandfathered without ergonomic human factors review.
Intelligence Hypothesis:
Strong signal(82%)|Because:
editedWhy 5Identified Root Cause
ATT-00423
Why 5 (Root Cause): Capital refurbishment guidelines lacked mandatory patient safety engineering criteria.
Intelligence Hypothesis:
Strong signal(82%)|Because:
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