OBJECTIVES To (i) compare medication errors identified at audit and observation with medication incident reports; (ii) identify differences between two hospitals in incident report frequency and medication error rates; (iii) identify prescribing error detection rates by staff. DESIGN Audit of 3291 patient records at two hospitals to identify prescribing errors and evidence of their detection ...

BACKGROUND Patients have been shown to report accurate observations of medical errors and adverse events. Various methods of introducing patient reporting into patient safety systems have been published with little consensus among researchers on the most effective method. Terminology for use in patient safety reporting has yet to be standardised. METHODS Two databases, PubMed and MEDLINE, wer...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to analyse changes in the incidents reported after the implementation of a new model, and study its results on patient safety. PATIENTS AND METHODS In 2012 an observational study with prospective collection of incidents reported between 2007 and 2011 was conducted. In May 2012 a model change was made in order to increase the number of reports, analyse the...

Background: The aim of this study is to report Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) incidence and prevalence rates, the percentage of incident patients with diabetes mellitus as cause of renal disease, the RRT modality mix and the transplant rate in different countries. The number of national or regional registries collecting and reporting data pertaining to traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk fact...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to report Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) incidence and prevalence rates, the percentage of incident patients with diabetes mellitus as cause of renal disease, the RRT modality mix and the transplant rate in different countries. The number of national or regional registries collecting and reporting data pertaining to traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk facto...

Based on our belief that critical incident data, observed during usage and associated closely with specific task performance are the most useful kind of formative evaluation data for finding and fixing usability problems, we developed a Remote Usability Evaluation Method (RUEM) that involves real users self-reporting critical incidents encountered in real tasks performed in their normal working...

Erratum After the publication of our article “A consensus based template for reporting of pre-hospital major incident medical management” Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2013, 22:5, we noticed that The Major Incident Reporting Collaborators were not included as authors. They have now been added at the end of the author list. The group consists of Gareth Davies, Michel Debacker, Erik Frischknech...

OBJECTIVES To examine the characteristics of incidents reported after introduction of a voluntary, non-punitive incident reporting system for neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the Netherlands; and to investigate which types of reported incident pose the highest risk to patients in the NICU. DESIGN Prospective multicentre survey. METHODS Voluntary, non-punitive incident reporting was ...

Phenytoin has been in use for decades, but healthcare providers should remain alert to potential risks. Analysis of an incident report received through the National System for Incident Reporting (NSIR)* suggests opportunities to enhance system safeguards with this medication when prescribed for intravenous (IV) administration. The hospital where the incident occurred wanted to share the informa...

This study explored how fourth-year nursing students (n = 10) from one urban baccalaureate nursing program perceived incidents potentially harmful to patients, as well as incident reporting. Individual interviews were conducted. Five scenarios were presented in the interviews, with each scenario portraying a situation that varied in terms of the severity of potential for patient harm and the cl...