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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by sokoloff on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:50PM (#11633409)
ASRS doesn't grant immunity to certificate actions or fines when an accident is involved. (Most deviations do not involve accidents, of course.)

GP was (presumably) comparing the situation of legal liability or discipline to the case of a medical practitioner self-reporting a mistake.

Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by maxcan on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:10PM (#11638443)
Yes, that is correct. I was a bit imprecise in my langauge but was referring to something like a case where a nurse is about to accidentally deliver a lethal misdose of medicine but then catches and rectifies the mistake before causing any harm. In healthcare, there is a strong incentive not to report that potential error whereas the ASRS system incentivizes reporting these kinds of "pre-accidents".