A system designed to prevent future mistakes and ask what happened, why it happened, and what can be done to prevent its recurrence is called:
A. sentinel event
B. root cause analysis (RCA)
C. MedWatch
D. polypharmacy
b
Rationale: Root cause analysis (RCA) is a system designed to prevent future mistakes and ask what happened, why it happened, and what can be done to prevent its recurrence.
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