From: Patient safety in out-of-hours primary care: a review of patient records
Subject | Categories |
---|---|
Type of patient safety incidents [21] | Organisation |
 | Communication |
 | Prevention |
 | Triage |
 | Diagnostics |
 | Treatment |
Technical (Design; Construction; Materials; External) | |
 | Organisational (Transfer of knowledge; Protocols; Management priorities; Culture; External) |
 | Human (Clinical reasoning/Knowledge-based behaviour; Qualifications; Coordination; Verification; Intervention; Monitoring; Slips; Tripping; External) |
 | Patient-related |
 | Other |
Harm to the patient [27] | Error, but no harm |
 | Error resulting in harm to the patient (Emotional harm; Temporary harm; Initial/prolonged hospitalisation; Permanent harm; Intervention to sustain a patient's life) |
 | Error resulting in death |
 | Error, but harm indeterminate |
Probability of severe harm or death | Very likely |
 | Likely |
 | Not likely |