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Table 5 Respondents who participated in and led RCA investigations: reported barriers to RCA and extent to which recommendations were implemented (n=101)

From: Training health care professionals in root cause analysis: a cross-sectional study of post-training experiences, benefits and attitudes

Survey item

Participants responding, n (%)

Generally speaking, were your recommendations implemented? (n=98)

No

Partly

Yes

Unsure

1 (1.0)

42 (41.6)

41 (40.6)

14 (13.9)

Did you encounter the following barriers?

Always

Sometimes

Unsure

Occasionally

Never

Unwilling colleagues (n=97)

4 (4.1)

29 (29.9)

3 (3.1)

18 (18.6)

43 (44.3)

Unsupportive management (n=97)

1 (1.0)

12 (12.4)

2 (2.1)

11 (11.3)

71 (73.2)

Lack of resources (n=95)

6 (6.3)

14 (14.7)

11 (11.6)

33 (34.7)

31 (32.6)

Lack of time (n=99)

17 (17.2)

37 (37.4)

0 (0.0)

25 (25.3)

20 (20.2)

Interference from internal/external sources (n=96)

2 (2.1)

16 (16.7)

8 (8.3)

12 (12.5)

58 (60.4)

Difficulty with RCA teams (n=93

1 (1.1)

3 (3.2)

10 (10.8)

12 (12.9)

67 (72.0)

Lack of feedback and data (n=94

6 (6.4)

13 (13.8)

7 (7.4)

23 (24.5)

45 (47.9)

Inter-professional differences (n=97)

2 (2.1)

28 (28.9)

3 (3.1)

26 (26.8)

38 (39.2)

Mean for all barriers (%)

5.1%

19.8%

5.7%

20.8%

48.6%