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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: New Solut. 2015 Mar 16;25(1):42–58. doi: 10.1177/1048291115569025

Table 3.

Unsafe Categories and Weights

Unsafe observation categorya Weight
Low 1
Medium 3
High 5
Life-threatening 10
a

During the safety inspection, all unsafe observations are characterized into one of these categories. A weight is then assigned to the observation in order to calculate a safety performance score that is fair and reflective of the risks incurred.