Table 2 Respondents’ experience with intraoperative adverse event(s)
Event Characteristic | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Experienced an Adverse Event | Â | |
| Â | Yes | 135 (68.9) |
| Â | No | 61 (31.1) |
Adverse Events in the past 12 months | Â | |
| Â | 0 | 57 (42.2) |
| Â | 1 | 46 (34.1) |
| Â | 2 to 5 | 2 (1.5) |
|  | > 5 | 30 (22.2) |
Incident Reported to the Hospital | Â | |
| Â | No | 42 (21.4) |
| Â | Some | 19 (9.7) |
| Â | Yes | 74 (37.8) |
Factors Making Reporting More Likely | Â | |
| Â | Poorer Patient Outcome | 94 (48.0) |
| Â | Higher Perceived Severity | 87 (44.4) |
| Â | Risk of Litigation | 77 (39.3) |
| Â | Discussed at M&M rounds | 60 (30.6) |
| Â | Patient and Family reactions | 49 (25.0) |
| Â | Colleague Reactions | 29 (14.8) |
| Â | Elective procedure | 21 (10.7) |
| Â | Hierarchical Institution Culture | 21 (10.7) |
| Â | None of the above | 12 (6.1) |
| Â | Emergency Procedure | 11 (5.6) |
| Â | All Complications need to be reported | 5 (2.6) |
| Â | Preventable or Foreseeable Events | 2 (1.0) |
| Â | Affecting Patient care or Safety | 1 (0.5) |
Serious Consequences | Â | |
| Â | Harm to Patient | 78 (39.8) |
| Â | No serious implications | 54 (27.6) |
| Â | Legal action | 15 (7.7) |
| Â | Disciplinary Action and Complaint | 11 (5.6) |
| Â | Expectations of patient not met | 1 (0.5) |