Fishbone Diagram in Healthcare Root Cause Analysis Example HAIs

Fishbone Diagram in Healthcare Quality Improvement | Practical Example: Increased HAIs When a clinical problem has many possible causes, where do you start? In this video, you'll learn how to use a Fishbone Diagram (also called an Ishikawa or Cause-and-Effect Diagram) to explore the potential causes of a problem step by step. We use a practical healthcare example: a rise in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). In this video you'll learn: ✅ What a fishbone diagram is and when to use it ✅ Why you should define and confirm the problem before asking "why" ✅ The four parts of a fishbone: effect, categories, primary causes and secondary causes ✅ How to build a fishbone for an increased HAI rate, using the categories People, Process, Equipment, Environment, Materials and Patient ✅ How to keep asking "why" to move from primary to secondary causes ✅ How to go from causes to action: identify, validate, prioritize, improve and monitor Key message: Don't blame people. Improve the system. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Introduction: What is a fishbone diagram? 0:51 Define the problem 1:35 The four parts of a fishbone diagram 2:55 Build the fishbone: increased HAI rate 4:26 Go deeper: primary to secondary causes 5:36 From causes to action 6:14 Key takeaway This video is for quality managers, infection prevention teams, nurses, doctors, patient safety officers and anyone working in healthcare improvement or getting ready for accreditation. 📌 Note: The data and causes in this video are illustrative examples for teaching. Always validate causes with your own data, observation and audits. 🔔 Subscribe to Hospital Quality Academy for practical lessons on healthcare quality improvement, patient safety, Lean Six Sigma, KPIs and accreditation. New videos every two weeks. 💬 Which problem in your hospital would you analyze with a fishbone diagram? Tell us in the comments. #FishboneDiagram #HealthcareQuality #QualityImprovement #PatientSafety #InfectionPrevention #HAI #RootCauseAnalysis #LeanSixSigma #HospitalQualityAcademy