Introduction: Critical incident monitoring is important in quality improvement as it identifies potential risks to patients by analyzing adverse events or near-misses. Methods: This study analyses the reported incidents in a tertiary hospital over a 4-year period. Results: A total of 441 incidents were reported out of 98,502 anesthetics performed during the study period. Of these incidents, 67 ...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund „Critical incident reporting systems“ (CIRS) dienen dazu, dass Organisationen auf bislang unbekannte und sicherheitsrelevante Ereignisse aufmerksam gemacht werden Nutzer von den Zwischenfällen Einzelner erfahren lernen können. Fragestellung Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, mithilfe CIRS-Meldungen aus Notfallversorgung im Rettungsdienst, Notaufnahme Schockra...

OBJECTIVE This study tests the reliability of a system (FINANS) to collect and analyze incident reports in the financial trading domain and is guided by a human factors taxonomy used to describe error in the trading domain. BACKGROUND Research indicates the utility of applying human factors theory to understand error in finance, yet empirical research is lacking. We report on the development ...

BACKGROUND Hospital medical incident monitoring improves preventable morbidity and mortality rates. Error management systems have been adopted widely in this setting. Data relating to incident monitoring in the prehospital setting is limited. PROBLEM Implementation of an incident monitoring process in a prehospital setting. METHODS This is a prospective, descriptive study of the pilot phase...

BACKGROUND Timely decisions concerning mobilization and allocation of resources and distribution of casualties are crucial in medical management of major incidents. The aim of this study was to evaluate documented initial regional medical responses to major incidents by applying a set of 11 measurable performance indicators for regional medical command and control and test the feasibility of th...