Explanation of prevention strategy categories
| Prevention strategies | Description |
| Technology/equipment | Redesigning of hardware, software or interface parts of the man–machine system |
| Procedures | Completing or improving formal and informal procedures |
| Information and communication | Completing or improving available sources of information and communication structures |
| Training | Improving (re)training programmes for skills needed |
| Motivation | Increasing the level of voluntary obedience to generally accepted rules by applying principles of positive behaviour modification |
| Up-scaling | Handling the problem at a higher organisational level—eg, hospital department or hospital management level |
| Evaluation | Evaluating the current way of behaving regarding safety |
| Quality assurance/peer review | Continuously monitoring of data quality based on prespecified standards and assessment of a health professional's performance by one or more individuals in the same field |
| Financial investment | Financial investments in required areas—eg, increasing the availability of facilities and equipment |
| Personnel | Increasing the number of personnel |
Descriptions of first six prevention strategies derived from Van der Schaaf and Habraken.13