Patient safety incident report Flashcards
1
Q
What is incidence reporting?
A
collecting and analyizing information about any events that could have harmed or did harm anyone
2
Q
The adverse event iceberg
what is reported and what is unreported?
A
Reported: errors that could cause harm, serious errors
Unreported: errors considered insignificant, near misses and unnoticed errors
3
Q
What are the types of incidence?
A
Clinical, patient, security and information governance incidents
4
Q
What is the risk matrix?
A
Used to measure risk by multiplying the consequence score by the likelihood score
Based on actual harm from incident nor potential harm
5
Q
What happens in an incident investigation?
A
Make incident scene safe select level of investigation investigate and record results in a report action Plan to address root causes monitor to ensure that its working
6
Q
National reporting and learning?
A
report incidents to NRLs -set up in 2004
