Taxonomy levels 1 and 2—cognition and immediate causes of errors/actions
| Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | |||||||
| (I) Cognitive domain | |||||||
| Perception | Situation assessment and response selection | Memory | Response execution | ||||
| 7 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 47 | |||
| (II) Error mechanism | |||||||
| Expectancy/selective attention | Loss of attention | Interference/confusion | False assumption/expectation | Cognitive bias | |||
| 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 39 | ||
| Level 2 | |||||||
| (I) Immediate internal causes | |||||||
| Alertness, fatigue | Cursory/hurried work approach | Lack of knowledge | Inflexible application of a procedure | Stress, preoccupation | |||
| 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| (II) Immediate external causes | |||||||
| Lack of information/incorrect, unclear, illegible information | Cue similarity/proximity Pattern similarity | Task interruption | Out-of-date (drugs/vaccines), out-of-order (equipment) | ||||
| 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 30 | |||