A Root Cause Investigation

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A root cause analysis (RCA) is a structured retrospective investigation that identifies the problems or causes leading to an adverse event (Reid & Smyth‐Renshaw, 2012). An RCA is structured in to several logical components. Firstly, identification of the adverse incident is required (Boyd, 2015; Nicolini, Waring, & Mengis, 2011; Reid & Smyth‐Renshaw, 2012). Following the identification of the event, an investigation in to the adverse incidentwas commenced by collecting the facts of the event, examining the causational factors and providing a written report to any recommendations to prevent the incident from occurring in the future (Boyd, 2015; Mengis & Nicolini, 2010; Nicolini et al., 2011). This essay will critically analyse the investigation