Methods Our analysis comes from three main sources: a literature search to identify incident
reporting systems and related research; a compilation of nomenclature and classification of …

Objectives Patient safety has received increased attention in recent years, but mostly with a
focus on the epidemiology of errors and adverse events, rather than on practices that reduce …

A review of the medical records of over 14 000 admissions to 28 hospitals in New South
Wales and South Australia revealed that 16.6% of these admissions were associated with …

(1) Human rather than technical failures now represent the greatest threat to complex and
potentially hazardous systems. This includes healthcare systems.(2) Managing the human …

1. To understand medication errors and to identify preventive strategies, we need to classify
them and define the terms that describe them. 2. The four main approaches to defining …

Objective The aim of this systematic review was to develop a 'contributory factors
framework'from a synthesis of empirical work which summarises factors contributing to …

Objective. To determine the adverse event (AE) rate for surgical patients in Australia.
Design. A two-stage retrospective medical record review was conducted to determine the …

• Background To minimize the occurrence of adverse events among patients, critical care
nurses must be alert to subtle changes in patients' conditions, perform accurate clinical …

Although anaesthesiologists make up only about 5% of physicians in the United States,
anaesthesiology is acknowledged as the leading medical specialty in addressing issues of …

Objective: This approach provides the basis of our research program, which aims to expand
operative assessment beyond patient factors and the technical skills of the surgeon; to …