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...

Patient safety incident reporting is one of the steps taken needed to improve patient safety. Reporting can provide a broad picture and how it happened. This be used as basic data for policy making programs in hospitals. The subjects this study were health workers. research method uses systematic review, from various sources that has been done previously. databases are Science Direct, Scopus Sp...

OBJECTIVE Incident reporting is an important component of health care quality improvement. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the effectiveness of an emergency department (ED) peer review process in promoting incident reporting. DESIGN An observational, interrupted time-series analysis of health care provider (HCP) incident reporting to the ED during a 30-month study period p...

Critical incident reporting involves highlighting events and near-misses which have a potential impact on patient care and patient safety. Reporting of critical incidents is a recognised tool in improving patient safety. Within the community paediatric setting in the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT) there is a paucity of incident report forms. The purpose of this quality improvement p...

BACKGROUND Reporting incidents can contribute to safer health care, as an awareness of the weaknesses of a system could be considered as a starting point for improvements. It is believed that patient safety education for specialty registrars could improve their attitudes, intentions and behaviour towards incident reporting. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of a two-day pati...