Falls resulting in injury in Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data, 2007-08
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Clinical incidents are adverse events that can occur during the provision of health care services to patients. Over 57,000 incidents were voluntarily reported into Queensland Health's PRIME Clinical Incidents (CI) reporting system during 2007-08, the most common of which were falls and medication incidents. Although PRIME CI captures reported falls in hospitals, it cannot be used to determine the true number of in-hospital falls given that it is not a mandatory requirement.
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