Critical incident reporting

Critical incident reporting and learning.

Editor—We were interested to read the article of Professor Mahajan and concur with his view that safety can be improved by learning from incidents and near misses. 1 Furthermore , we agree that investigation of incidents should not underestimate the potential of analysing incidents that are near misses or which have not led to patient harm. 1 We also accept that under-reporting of incidents by ...

Architectures for Cyber-Security Incident Reporting in Safety-Critical Systems

Cyber-attacks can have a devastating impact on safety-critical systems. The increasing reliance on mass market Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) infrastructures, including Linux and the IP stack, have created vulnerabilities in applications ranging from Air Traffic Management through to Railway signalling and Maritime surveillance. Once a system has been attacked, it is impossible to demonstrate ...

Incident reporting in anaesthesiology.

Incident reporting can be a powerful tool to detect weaknesses in the complex system of anaesthesiology. Having its roots in aviation, incident reporting today is used in a variety of medical disciplines at the local and even on the national level. Strength of incident reporting is the potential for learning from rare and potentially dangerous events. To properly set up an incident reporting sy...

Chapter 4. Incident Reporting

Can incident reporting improve safety? Healthcare practitioners' views of the effectiveness of incident reporting.

OBJECTIVE Recent critiques of incident reporting suggest that its role in managing safety has been over emphasized. The objective of this study was to examine the perceived effectiveness of incident reporting in improving safety in mental health and acute hospital settings by asking staff about their perceptions and experiences. DESIGN Qualitative research design using documentary analysis an...