Abstract Background Adverse events (AEs) seriously affect patient safety and quality of care,
and remain a pressing global issue. This study had three objectives:(1) to describe the …

Introduction: Adverse events in hospitals constitute a serious problem with grave
consequences. Many studies have been conducted to gain an insight into this problem, but …

Objective: This study determined the incidence, type, nature, preventability and impact of
adverse events (AEs) among hospitalised patients and potentially preventable deaths in …

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: As part of an interdisciplinary study of medical injury and malpractice litigation,
we estimated the incidence of adverse events, defined as injuries caused by medical …

Background The aim of this systematic review is to quantify potentially preventable patient
harm from the frequency, severity, and preventability of the consequences and causes of …

Purpose. To review information about adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication errors in
Australia. Data sources. Systematic literature reviews and reports from data collections of the …

Background. The current US national discussions on patient safety are not based on a
common language. This hinders systematic application of data obtained from incident …

WORLD ALLIANCE FOR PATIENT SAFETY Page 1 World Health Organization “First, do no
harm...” Attributed to Hippocrates circa 470-360 BC WORLD ALLIANCE FOR PATIENT SAFETY …

Objective: To determine the incidence and incidence density of adverse events (AEs) in
Spanish hospitals (including the pre-hospitalisation period). Method: Retrospective cohort …