Incident Reporting System in Pediatric Intensive Care Units of Cairo Tertiary Hospital: An Intervention Study
| Author | John Rene Labib | en |
| Author | Nesreen Mohamed Kamal Elden | en |
| Author | Amira Aly Hegazy | en |
| Author | Nargis Albert Labib | en |
| Orcid | Nesreen Mohamed Kamal Elden [0000-0001-9060-0824] | en |
| Issued Date | 2019-11-04 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Incident reporting system (IRS) deepens the understanding of the frequency of adverse events and near misses. Voluntary reporting is an essential step to improve patient safety. Objectives: The study aimed to apply an efficient and reliable system for incident reporting to enhance patient safety practices in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). Methods: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study design was conducted to implement a voluntary anonymous IRS in PICUs. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 health care personnel. A tailored educational program was provided to 73 health care personnel. A questionnaire was administered before and three months after the intervention to assess their attitude towards incident reporting. Results: The interviewed health care providers highlighted that no IRS was established in the PICUs and most of them never reported any event unless it was a sentinel event. They agreed that an IRS would be beneficial to PICUs. The average percentage of positive responses for “Frequency of error reporting’ increased significantly from 23.8% to 42%. Communication problems, hygienic errors, therapeutic errors, and diagnostic errors accounted for 34%, 32%, 29%, and 5% of the reported potential errors, respectively. Conclusions: IRS implementation improves potential error reporting attitude and practice in PICUs. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/pedinfect.91774 | en |
| Keyword | Reporting | en |
| Keyword | Errors | en |
| Keyword | PICU | en |
| Keyword | Near Miss | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Incident Reporting System in Pediatric Intensive Care Units of Cairo Tertiary Hospital: An Intervention Study | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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