We excluded 205 men who were diagnosed more than 12 months before the date of identification to reduce the likelihood of error in self reported baseline health status.
They also believed that reporting the professional errors are learning treasures which can work in favor of other nursing staff and reduce the likelihood of error.
Although most clinicians are aware of the uncertainty and the limitations of medicine and their responsibility to try to reduce the likelihood of error, [ 19, 20] the boundary between medical errors and accidents is not evident [ 21- 23].
This notion is also consistent with Gregg and Samuel (2009), who found that manipulation of simple acoustic properties or sematic similarity could significantly influence change errors; specifically, reducing similarity reduces the likelihood of errors.
Considering the macaque data as the basis for generating hypothesis and as a rough meter of the validity of the findings reduces the likelihood of errors.
While it is clear that EMRs have the potential to improve quality of care by reducing the likelihood of errors, further exploration is needed to determine if this potential is being met.
However, reporting near misses is highly important in preventing and reducing the likelihood of error in future and increasing the patient safety [ 7, 8].
This group thought that although many flaws and shortcomings in the organization have a role in error commission by an individual, features, such as knowledge, skill, responsibility, and accountability of the nurses, are important in reducing the likelihood of error.
Improving patient safety requires acknowledging medical errors, encouraging the reporting of errors, and improving systems to reduce the likelihood of future errors.
