Incident Reporting in Mashhad Hospitals
Objectives: In this study, our aim was to evaluate and classify the voluntary error reports in the hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Patients have the right to receive health care in accordance to the best standards. Health care carries a risk of harm for patient safety, and with...
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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| author | Davoodi R Soltanifar A Rahmani Sh Zohorian P Jafarzade A Ariafar A Saadati Z |
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| description | Objectives: In this study, our aim was to evaluate and classify the voluntary error reports in the hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Patients have the right to receive health care in accordance to the best standards. Health care carries a risk of harm for patient safety, and with respect to today’s stressful systems with a large number of patients, it would be inevitable. The meaning of risk management is to predict adverse events and reduce their occurrence.Materials and Methods: A voluntary medical error reporting form was designed and approved by the clinical governance team of Mashhad Medical University. They were then distributed inside hospitals in the way in which everyone (health providers and patients) could access them easily. The forms were collected and classified monthly in all wards. Classification was performed on the base of type, outcome and reporter. Data gathering took place from spring to autumn 2012. The data was analyzed by the SPSS software. Results: 2500 errors were extracted from 1000 voluntary error reporting forms of the 12 hospitals of Mashhad Medical University. The most frequent error type was treatment errors (36%) related to drug administration, standard procedures and surgical events. Conclusions: Error reporting as a basic activity has an important role in discovering pitfalls of the health care system. To promote the reporting culture, its non punitive base must become clear for all professors and staff members, because this kind of reporting could lead to fewer medical errors and higher staff awareness about probable errors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4020b5136b40488dbe0429babc288ee62022-12-21T18:31:50ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesPatient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal2345-44822345-44902013-10-0111591790Incident Reporting in Mashhad HospitalsDavoodi R0Soltanifar A1Rahmani Sh2Zohorian P3Jafarzade A4Ariafar A5Saadati Z6Research Center for Patient Safety, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Research Center for Patient Safety, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranResearch Center for Patient Safety, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranResearch Center for Patient Safety, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranResearch Center for Patient Safety, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranResearch Center for Patient Safety, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranResearch Center for Patient Safety, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranObjectives: In this study, our aim was to evaluate and classify the voluntary error reports in the hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Patients have the right to receive health care in accordance to the best standards. Health care carries a risk of harm for patient safety, and with respect to today’s stressful systems with a large number of patients, it would be inevitable. The meaning of risk management is to predict adverse events and reduce their occurrence.Materials and Methods: A voluntary medical error reporting form was designed and approved by the clinical governance team of Mashhad Medical University. They were then distributed inside hospitals in the way in which everyone (health providers and patients) could access them easily. The forms were collected and classified monthly in all wards. Classification was performed on the base of type, outcome and reporter. Data gathering took place from spring to autumn 2012. The data was analyzed by the SPSS software. Results: 2500 errors were extracted from 1000 voluntary error reporting forms of the 12 hospitals of Mashhad Medical University. The most frequent error type was treatment errors (36%) related to drug administration, standard procedures and surgical events. Conclusions: Error reporting as a basic activity has an important role in discovering pitfalls of the health care system. To promote the reporting culture, its non punitive base must become clear for all professors and staff members, because this kind of reporting could lead to fewer medical errors and higher staff awareness about probable errors.http://psj.mums.ac.ir/pdf_1790_0cfa99558cf3d1197634e20a346be1eb.htmlVoluntary error reportingHospitalPatient |
| spellingShingle | Davoodi R Soltanifar A Rahmani Sh Zohorian P Jafarzade A Ariafar A Saadati Z Incident Reporting in Mashhad Hospitals Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal Voluntary error reporting Hospital Patient |
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| title_short | Incident Reporting in Mashhad Hospitals |
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