Scroll down for an interesting article from "The Patient Safety Monitor." If you change the word "physician" to "employee" or "colleague" how does it apply...
Bill, This article could not have come at a better time. Just Monday, there was an incedent where an employee/colleague pitched a fit because she felt that...
Thanks Bill, Unfortunately (as the article states), this is not uncommon in healthcare. This is what makes it difficult to even get doctors to participate in...
Thanks, Bob, I wish that I could say that this surprises me, but it does not. I find the medical profession to be weak in this area (and that seems to be...
Paula, Thanks. In the nuclear power plant Fitness for Duty (FFD) Programs there is a concept called "aberrant behavior," which includes these types of...
Jack and Bob, Thanks for chiming in. The point is not that the MD's are "one sandwich short of a picnic," but to inquire about the extent of an aberrant...
Hi Bill, If teh RCA's are conducted in-house in healthcare, rarely. If conducted with the help of a contract facilitator, it might get acknowledged, but by the...
Bill, Seems like the more I think of this, the more I can relate this topic with the Professionalism topic. Someone who is a professional should not exhibit...
Bill, You're right - the FFD program is intended to identify "aberrent" behaviors. I can't speak for other places, but I've personally seen this work very well...
Bill C., You are right. Aberrant behaviors associated with medical conditions is probably an issue in all industries that employ human beings. It pops up ...
They only get into root cause analysis by the way of their impact on the consequences: actual, expected and/or potential. The impact could be adverse or...
Bill, I have been on a work site where the majority of the employees in my group where on Proza, or one of the more modern versions of this mood enhancer -as...
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Dear Dr. Bill Corcoran, How do aberrant behaviors get into a Root cause Analysis? Because some aberrant behavior cause trouble, and has not anticipate by the...
Harjono, You are undoubtedly correct that: 1. Aberrant behavior is triggered by a specific stressful situation. 2. Aberrant behavior may be a system...
Bill C., The way I look at it, a "describable" aberrant behavior that has an "impact on the consequences", in an ideal world, should "get into root cause ...
Bob, There are official definitions in Fitness for Duty Programs. The ones I have seen include behaviors such as: a.. Obvious lying b.. Covering up one's desk...
Bill Salot, Thanks for airing these serious concerns. One of the highest ethical values for rooticians should be directed at establishing evidence-based,...
Mike, Good question. If a worker is taking tranquillizers would they be more likely to accept safety-significant anomalies? I don't know, but anyone who is...
Bill, The list you provided are "examples" of what could be considered aberrant behaviors. The NRC, in 10 CFR Part 26, requires "Persons assigned to escort ...
Bill Salot, Rooticians should avoid the "helpless victim syndrome." When rooticians allow the system to interfere with the determination of influences they are...
Terry, Good input. Thanks. Could you (or any other member) give us an official definition of or description of "aberrant behavior?" What are supervisors...
Paula, I hear you. This results in "Casablanca" Root Cause Analysis. 1.. "Round up the usual suspects." 2.. "Play it again, Sam." 3.. "This is the beginning of...
Bill C., We agree. Fortunately, this issue does not come up often; invariably management is aware of and deals with the confidential factors; and generally the...
Thanks, Terry. In the early 2000's would it have been aberrant behavior at Davis-Besse to point out that reddish deposits on the reactor vessel head plus...
Colleague, I have pasted below the outline for the Performance Improvement Track. Please contact me if you would like to be a speaker in any of the four...
Hi friends, Plant Operation & Maintenance Club is conducting a series of seminars by innovatively using the message board, which you all are familiar with. The...
Have any of you ever investigated an incident in which a trailer decoupled from a tractor truck? What I mean is that the king pin came loose from the fifth...
What do you think? Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review Concepts 21 Broadleaf Circle Windsor, CT 06095-1634 Voice and...
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