Coress – A Confidential Reporting System for Surgery

Confidential reporting: from aviation to clinical medicine.

The spectacular nature of accidents involving aircraft has obliged the aviation industry to introduce a process of confidential reporting to identify situations that may lead to poor work or even an accident. The information so gathered can then be used to reduce the likelihood of such problems occurring. Confidential reporting allows an individual to bring information relevant to safety to the...

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in this issue of CORESS Feedback has been provided by the Clinical Board for Surgical Safety of the Royal College of Surgeons, at the behest of the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), which wishes to draw the attention of surgeons to the risks of inadvertent removal of tissue of other histological origin when operating on pregnant women for presumed appendicitis. Publication of the vignettes...

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CORESS is a confidential reporting system for surgery. The purpose of CORESS is to promote safety in surgical practice, both within the NHS and in the independent sector. A 32-year-old woman presented as an emergency with right iliac fossa pain and vomiting. She had a medical history of anorexia and bulimia as well as a laparoscopy for gynaeco-logical reasons at another institution several mont...

Kerman Health System Workers Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding the Spontaneous Reporting System for Adverse Drug Reactions

         Adverse drug reaction (ADR) is one of the most life threatening problems, and the economic burden of ADR is considerable. The main objective of this study was to assess the attitude of the Kerman health system staff, to evaluate their knowledge of the spontaneous reporting system and to identify the reasons for low reporting rate. In this descriptive study, a Persian translated questio...