System failure : an analysis of 2000 incident reports : The Australian incident monitoring
study CNRS Inist Pascal-Francis CNRS Pascal and Francis Bibliographic Databases …

Of the first 2000 incidents reported to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study, 177 (9%)
were due to" pure" equipment failure according to pre-defined criteria. Of these 107 (60%) …

Of the first 2000 incidents reported to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study, 177 (9%)
were due to “pure” equipment failure according to pre-defined criteria. Of these 107 (60%) …

Although 70–80% of problems have some component of human error, its overall contribution
to many problems may be small; studies of complex systems have revealed that up to 85 …

Intensive care units are complex, dynamic patient management environments. Incidents and
accidents can be caused by human error, by problems inherent in complex systems, or by a …

The AIMS-ICU project is a national study set up to develop, introduce and evaluate an
anonymous voluntary incident reporting system for intensive care. ICU staff members …

Intensive Care Med (2000) 26: 8±10© Springer-Verlag 2000 EDITORIAL cessful pilots.
Factual accounts of incidents that were related to a successful outcome or failure were …

The Australian Patient Safety Foundation was formed in 1987; it was decided to set up and
co-ordinate the Australian Incident Monitoring Study as a function of this Foundation; 90 …

This prospective, observational, anonymous incident reporting study aimed to identify and
correct factors leading to reduced patient safety in intensive care. An incident was any event …

The study had its beginning the previous year at a conference on'Monitoring in
Anaesthesia'when a group of concerned anaesthetists resolved to study'critical incidents' …