Snapshot An academic medical center had 15 cases of adenovirus infection amongst patients on the medicine floor over the course of 2 weeks. An investigative committee performs a root cause analysis to determine the cause of this outbreak in hopes to prevent future outbreaks from recurring. Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Definition login to view 3 more bullets RCA attempts to answer login to view 3 more bullets This technique is applied after the medical error occurs to prevent it from recurring Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Definition login to view 4 more bullets This technique is applied to prevent medical errors from occuring in the first place