The purpose of a root cause analysis (RCA) is to:
A) discipline the staff involved in the patient safety event.
B) disclose the medical error to the patient/patient s family.
C) identify the person(s) responsible for committing the error.
D) identify the systems issues that led to a sentinel event.

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The purpose of the RCA is to drill down to the most common cause(s) for the event and determine what process improvements can be made to prevent the sentinel event from occurring in the future.

The Purpose of a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Is To