Table 2 Overview of classifications
From: Patient safety in out-of-hours primary care: a review of patient records
Subject | Categories |
|---|---|
Type of patient safety incidents [21] | Organisation |
| Â | Communication |
| Â | Prevention |
| Â | Triage |
| Â | Diagnostics |
| Â | Treatment |
Technical (Design; Construction; Materials; External) | |
| Â | Organisational (Transfer of knowledge; Protocols; Management priorities; Culture; External) |
| Â | Human (Clinical reasoning/Knowledge-based behaviour; Qualifications; Coordination; Verification; Intervention; Monitoring; Slips; Tripping; External) |
| Â | Patient-related |
| Â | Other |
Harm to the patient [27] | Error, but no harm |
| Â | Error resulting in harm to the patient (Emotional harm; Temporary harm; Initial/prolonged hospitalisation; Permanent harm; Intervention to sustain a patient's life) |
| Â | Error resulting in death |
| Â | Error, but harm indeterminate |
Probability of severe harm or death | Very likely |
| Â | Likely |
| Â | Not likely |