Stages of Just Culture Quiz

Errors are often not reported due to fear of reprisal or punishment.

Your organization is primarily reactive to safety issues rather than preventative.

Individuals who make mistakes are blamed for the error and reprimanded.

Leadership is focused on rules and expects an error free organization.

Individuals largely try to hide their mistakes from management.

Management encourages reporting of errors by creating an environment of trust.

Errors are seen as a learning opportunity.

When errors occur your organization focuses on what can be improved in the system to avoid the same error occurring.

Clinicians report most errors but don’t usually report near misses.

Managers seldom report errors and near misses up the organizational hierarchy.

The organization accepts that errors happen and works proactively to prevent them.

Clinicians report all errors and near misses so that the organization can improve systems and prevent future errors.

The culture of your organization is fair and clinicians feel a shared accountability with the administration to improve safety.

Individuals are rewarded for reporting errors and system issues they notice.

Your error reporting system allows for anonymous reports or protects the identifiable information of the reporter.