SOURCES

These are the sources used to collect information presented in the film.

NOTE THAT SOME INFORMATION WILL BE MORE RECENT THAN WHAT WAS 

AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF MAKING TO ERR IS HUMAN.

• 98,000 deaths from medical mistakes (INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE)

• as many as 440,000 deaths from medical mistakes (JOHN T. JAMES)

• TOP 10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES (CDC)

• ONE-THIRD OF ALL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS experience AN ERROR (health affairs)

• 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections EVERY YEAR (CDC)

• 69% of THE 1.7 MILLION INFECTIONS could have been prevented (University of chicago press)

• health care workers wash their hands less than 50% of the time (CDC)

• some research suggests handwashing is as low as 30% (infection control & Hospital epidemiology)

• surgical never events from 2010-2014 (SURGERY)

• diagnostic errors contribute to 1 in 10 patient deaths (BMJ Quality & Safety)

• NATIONAL SCOREDCARD ON RATES OF in hospital-acquired conditions (AHRQ)

• zero fatal accidents in comercial aviation since 2009 (forbes, 2016)

SOCIAL MEDIA