What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to examine how safety incidents and medical errors are managed and learned from in invasive procedures.

Learning From Medical Errors in Invasive Procedures: Current Situation and Perspectives of Improvement: A Semi‐Structured Interview

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Semi-structured interviews explore medical error management in invasive procedures, highlighting gaps in learning.

The aim is to examine how safety incidents and medical errors are managed and learned from in invasive procedures.
Conducted semi-structured interviews with NHS practitioners involved in invasive procedures.
Performed inductive thematic analysis to identify descriptive and analytical themes.
Engaged 15 participants, including consultants, senior trainees, and theatre nurses.
Participants showed unfamiliarity with definitions and classifications of medical errors.
Concerns included under-reporting significant incidents and a lack of feedback from M&M meetings.
The prevalence of defensive medicine was noted, along with a need for better support for the second victim.

Omar et al. (2026) studied this question.

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