Electronic adverse incident reporting in hospitals

An evaluation of adverse incident reporting.

To examine the reliability of adverse incident-reporting systems we carried out a retrospective review of the mother and baby case notes from a series of 250 deliveries in each of two London obstetric units. Notes were screened for the presence of adverse incidents defined by lists of incidents to be reported in accordance with unit protocols. We assessed the percentage of adverse incidents rep...

Patient safety incident-reporting items in Korean hospitals.

OBJECTIVE To examine incident-reporting items in tertiary hospitals using the framework of the World Health Organization's International Classification for Patient Safety (ICPS). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Forty acute-care tertiary hospitals in Korea (response rate = 90.9%). METHODS Data were collected using a semistructured questionnaire during on-site interv...

Investigation of Incident Reporting System in Iranian Hospitals: A National Survey

Background and Aims: Incident reporting is a possible alternative for learning from errors. One of the barriers in this way is a deficit in, common standards for collecting, interpreting, and presenting data. In this research accordance with Iranchr('39')s incident reporting system with minimal information Model for Patient Safety Incident Reporting Systems (MIMPS)of WHO were compared. Methods:...

New standard for hospitals on reporting adverse drug reactions released.

Reporting of Adverse Drug Events: Examination of a Hospital Incident Reporting System

Background: Voluntary hospital reporting systems are potentially valuable sources of information about medical errors and adverse events. This study examined the extent and variation in the reporting of medication errors and adverse drug events in a voluntary hospital incident reporting system. Methods: A retrospective analysis of received incident reports of potential and preventable adverse d...