141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

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Root Cause Analysis as a Tool for Prevention

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Miriam Weil, MPH, ScD

12:30pm
What is root cause analysis and when and how do I use it?   
Lou DiBerardinis, CIH,CSP and Ruth Fishbein, MA, MSW, CPHQ
     
12:45pm
Occupational injury root cause analysis   
Jon Boyer, ScD, Miriam Weil, MPH, ScD and Howard Brightman, ScD, PE, CIH, CSP
1:00pm
Use of root cause analysis for incident prevention in the MRI environment   
Miriam Weil, MPH, ScD, Hazel Ryerson, BS, Diane Biagiotti, BS, RT, Linda Poznauskis, BS, RT, Amy Danehy, MD and Howard Brightman, ScD, PE, CIH, CSP
1:15pm
Interventions to improve emergent response in hospitals   
Howard Brightman, ScD, PE, CSP, CIH, Allison Haskell, Eleanor Torrey, BA, Lee Williams, MSN, RN-BC, Brian Lobao and Stephen Monteiro, MS, EMT-P
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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