Reporter burden | Extra time required to report Extra work required to report Cumbersome incident report forms
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Professional identity | Hesitancy about ‘telling on’ someone else Fear of loss of reputation/perceived incompetence Anticipated negative attitudes from patients
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Information gap | Perceived severity of error (less severe errors less likely to be reported) Inability to recognise or identify medication errors Lack of definitions or standards for reporting
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Organisational factors | Ineffective reporting system Lack of trust about how error reports will be used Reporting is the responsibility of someone else
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