C489 Task 2 (completed).docx REQUIREMENTS Your submission must be your original work. No

C489 Task 2 (completed).docx  REQUIREMENTS  Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.  You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.  A.Explain the general purpose of conducting a root cause analysis (RCA).  Before explain the general purpose of conducting a root cause analysis, we need to know what a root cause analysis is.  A root cause analysis is a method of solving a problem that is used to identify the root causes of problems, events, issues, outcomes, or faults.  When looking at healthcare an RCA is usually done retrospectively to study an event where a patient or patients are harmed or an unexpected/undesired outcome has occurred.   The general purpose for conducting a root cause analysis is to figure out why the event occurred, serves as an input process for remediation, and setting up corrective actions to prevent the event from occurring again.  It is also a way to improve patient safety and prevent future harm to patients.  There is one reason an RCA is not ap