Module 1, Lesson 2 - Types of Errors

Lesson Topics

Health care needs to learn from both error research and work in other error-related fields.
An event is not caused by a single error but by multiple errors.
Active error (human error) and latent error (underlying conditions) are two major types of error.

The second lesson in Module 1, Types of Errors, points out the benefit of learning about error through error research and various industries, such as transportation and nuclear power production. The lesson specifically focuses on different types of errors and how to categorize them.

Lesson Topics

Estimated time to complete this lesson – 15- 20 minutes


INTRODUCTION